Snow removal machine
AssigneeHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTomoki Ito, Takahiro Yamamoto, Norikazu Shimizu, Masakatsu Kono
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Abstract
A snow removal machine propelled by crawler belts trained around drive wheels and driven wheels is provided. The snow removal machine has a scraper confronting the outer periphery of the driven wheel so as to remove snow adhering to and accumulating on the outer periphery during snow removing operation. It prevents increase in tension of the crawler belt due to the increased diameter of the driven wheel in appearance that might otherwise be caused by snow adhering to the outer periphery.
Claims21
A snow removal machine comprising:
- a body;
- a drive wheel and a driven wheel mounted to the body;
- a crawler belt trained around the drive wheel and driven wheel;
- and
- a scraper opposed to an outer periphery of the driven wheel to remove snow accumulated at least on the outer periphery of the driven wheel, the scraper being bent at a substantially right angle to have a substantially L shape section, and the scraper having a mounting plate to be mounted to a lower cover provided on axes of the drive wheel and driven wheel, and a scraping member facing the outer periphery of the driven wheel, and the scraping member having a radius of curvature smaller than a radius of curvature of the outer periphery of the driven wheel.
A snow removal machine comprising:
- a body;
- a drive wheel and a driven wheel mounted to the body;
- a crawler belt trained around the drive wheel and driven wheel;
- and
- a scraper opposed to an outer periphery of the driven wheel to remove snow accumulated at least on the outer periphery of the driven wheel, the scraper being bent at a substantially right angle to have a substantially L shape section, and the scraper having a mounting plate to be mounted to a lower cover provided on axes of the drive wheel and driven wheel, a scraping member facing the outer periphery of the driven wheel, and a reinforcing member protruded from and integrally formed with a middle part of a bend between the mounting plate and the scraping member.
A snow removal machine comprising:
- a body;
- a drive wheel and a driven wheel mounted to the body;
- a crawler belt trained around the drive wheel and driven wheel;
- and
- a scraper opposed to an outer periphery of the driven wheel to remove snow accumulated at least on the outer periphery of the driven wheel, the scraper being adjustable to be made close to or distanced from the outer periphery of the driven wheel.
A snow removal machine comprising:
- a body;
- a drive wheel and a driven wheel mounted to the body;
- a crawler belt trained around the drive wheel and driven wheel;
- and
- a scraper opposed to an outer periphery of the driven wheel to remove snow accumulated at least on the outer periphery of the driven wheel, the scraper having a surface confronting the outer periphery of the driven wheel with a space defined therebetween, the surface of the scraper having an upper end, a lower end and a central portion disposed between the upper and lower ends, the space between the surface of the scraper and the outer periphery of the driven wheel being non-uniform and larger at the central portion than at the upper and lower ends of the surface of the scraper.
A snow removal machine comprising:
- a body having a snow removing implement at a front end thereof;
- at least one drive wheel and at least one driven wheel rotatably mounted to the body;
- a crawler belt entrained around the drive wheel and driven wheel;
- and a scraping member spaced from and confronting an outer periphery of the driven wheel, the scraping member having an upper portion terminating in an upper blade for removing snow accumulated at least on the outer periphery of the driven wheel and a central portion connected to the upper portion, the upper blade being positioned closer to the outer periphery of the driven wheel than the central portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.