Method and apparatus for compaction, breaking and rubblization
OwnerScott R. Rothinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus for compaction, breaking and rubbilization comprises a first non-circular plate having a first plate flat portion and a first plate thickness, a second non-circular plate having a second plate flat portion and a second plate thickness substantially equivalent to the first plate thickness, and a third plate having a third plate first flat portion and a third plate second flat portion and a third plate thickness less than the first plate thickness and the second plate thickness. The first plate flat portion is coupled to the third plate first flat portion and the second plate is coupled to the third plate second flat portion and each of the first plate, the second plate and the third plate are configured to form a multi-lobed roller assembly.
Claims14
A system for compaction, breaking and rubblizing comprising:
- a roller assembly including:
- a first non-circular plate having a first plate flat portion and a first plate diameter;
- a second non-circular plate having a second plate flat portion and a second plate diameter substantially equivalent to said first plate diameter;
- and
- a third plate having a third plate first flat portion coupled to the first plate flat portion and a third plate second flat portion coupled to the second plate flat portion forming a non-circular multi-lobed roller assembly including a plurality of lobes, the third plate having a third plate diameter less than the first plate diameter and the second plate diameter;
- a weld material substantially covering an outer edge of the third plate not in contact with the first non-circular plate or the second non-circular plate, the weld material having a thickness substantially equivalent to a difference between at least one of the first plate diameter and the third plate diameter, or the second plate diameter and the third plate diameter;
- a first axle assembly coupled to an exterior lateral portion of the first non-circular plate;
- a second axle assembly coupled to an exterior lateral portion of the second non-circular plate;
- a frame assembly suitable for receiving the first axle assembly and the second axle assembly;
- and
- a machine connected the frame assembly via a front portion of the machine, the machine suitable for pushing the frame assembly,
- wherein the multi-lobed roller assembly is rotatably mounted to the frame assembly and rotates about the first axle assembly and the second axle assembly, and following the frame assembly as the frame assembly moves along a surface of a material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.