Vibratory rammer transport wheel assembly
Assignee3980367 Canada Inc.
InventorsDenis Filiatrault, Sylvain Theroux
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Abstract
A wheel assembly for providing wheeled transport to a compaction tool having a foot structure. The wheel assembly comprises an axle support member comprising at least one attachment means for attaching the axle support member to a top surface of the foot structure. The assembly further comprises an axle removably attached to the axle support member and having first and second opposite ends. A first wheel is mounted on the first end of the axle and a second wheel is mounted on the second end of the axle. The axle support member is fitted on a pair of pre-existing nut-bolt fasteners on the top surface of the foot structure.
Claims12
A wheel assembly for providing wheeled transport to a compaction tool having a foot structure, said wheel assembly comprising:
- an axle support member comprising:
- at least one attachment member for attaching the axle support member to at least one fastener projecting on a top surface of the foot structure;
- and
- a tube having a longitudinal access opening, the longitudinal access opening beginning at an end face of the tube and ending at an opposite end face of the tube;
- a plate mounted on the outer surface of the tube connecting the tube to the compaction tool through the at least one attachment member;
- an axle removably attached to the axle support member and having first and second opposite ends;
- and
- at least two wheels, a first wheel mounted on the first end of said axle and a second wheel mounted on the second end of said axle, wherein the longitudinal access opening is sized such that the axle can be removably captured by the tube.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.