US 8,007,200 B2 · Modular axle guard for compactor wheel

Abstract

A compactor wheel is disclosed that includes a hub mountable to an axle of a compaction machine and a rim mounted around an outer circumference of the hub, with the rim having a wrapper and inner and outer circumferential edges. The compactor wheel also includes a modular axle guard positioned near the inner circumferential edge and extending outward from the wrapper, the modular axle guard having a plurality of guard modules arranged about an outer circumference of the rim. Each of the guard modules includes a pair of wedge segments affixed to the wrapper and positioned on the wrapper in a spaced apart relationship and a guard segment positioned on the wrapper and seated between the pair of wedge segments. The guard segment includes a portion that extends radially outward from the wrapper and beyond the pair of wedge segments.

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Dependent claims

A compactor wheel mountable on an axle of a compaction machine, the compactor wheel comprising:

a hub mountable to an axle of a compaction machine;
a rim mounted around an outer circumference of the hub, the rim having a wrapper, an inner circumferential edge, and an outer circumferential edge;
and
a modular axle guard positioned near the inner circumferential edge and extending outward from the wrapper, the modular axle guard comprising a plurality of guard modules arranged about an outer circumference of the rim, and wherein each of the plurality of guard modules comprises:
a pair of wedge segments positioned on the wrapper in a spaced apart relationship, the pair of wedge segments being affixed to the wrapper;
and
a guard segment positioned on the wrapper and seated between the pair of wedge segments, the guard segment including a portion that extends radially outward from the wrapper and beyond the pair of wedge segments.

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A method for attaching each of a plurality of guard modules to a compactor wheel including a rim having a wrapper, an inner circumferential edge, and an outer circumferential edge, the method comprising:

positioning a guard segment on the wrapper near to the inner circumferential edge of the rim and between an inner wedge segment and an outer wedge segment affixed on the wrapper, wherein a first portion of the guard segment is seated between the inner wedge segment and the outer wedge segment and a second portion of the guard segment extends radially outward past the inner and outer wedge segments;
and
affixing opposing edges of the second portion of the guard segment to the second portion of guard segments in adjacent guard modules.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Modular axle guard for compactor wheel

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Modular axle guard for compactor wheel

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Abstract

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