Blower drive system for a vacuum truck
AssigneeTrinity Group Ltd
InventorJason Douglas Hinde
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Abstract
A blower drive system for a vehicle such as a vacuum truck includes a blower including a blower input shaft and a blower housing; a transfer case operably connected to transfer drive from the vehicle engine driveline to the blower input shaft; a frame bracket assembly including one or more connections to the vehicle chassis frame and one or more connections to the blower housing. The frame bracket assembly mounts the blower housing in a specified fixed angle with respect to ground and mounts the bottom of the blower housing in a specified fixed height above the vehicle chassis frame.
Claims24
A blower drive system for a vehicle, the vehicle including a vehicle engine, one or more rear wheel axles, and a vehicle chassis frame for mounting the one or more rear wheel axles and which defines a support bed for the vehicle, the blower drive system comprising:
- a blower including a blower input shaft and a blower housing having a bottom;
- a transfer case including a transfer case housing, an input shaft, a first output shaft driveable from the input shaft, and a second output shaft driveable from the input shaft;
- the input shaft operably connected to receive drive from the vehicle engine;
- the second output shaft operably connectable to drive the one or more rear wheel axles;
- the first output shaft operably connected to drive the blower input shaft;
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- a frame bracket assembly including one or more connections to the vehicle chassis frame and one or more connections to the blower housing, wherein the frame bracket assembly mounts the blower housing in a specified fixed angle with respect to ground and mounts the bottom of the blower housing in a specified fixed height above the vehicle chassis frame.
A blower drive system for a vehicle, the vehicle including a vehicle engine, one or more rear wheel axles, and a vehicle chassis frame for mounting the one or more rear wheel axles and which defines a support bed for the vehicle, the blower drive system comprising:
- a blower including a blower input shaft and a blower housing having a bottom;
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- a frame bracket assembly for connecting the blower housing to the vehicle chassis frame, the frame bracket assembly including a first set of brackets and a second set of brackets,
- wherein each bracket of the first set of brackets defines throughholes which align together to result in a plurality of specified heights for the bottom of the blower housing above the vehicle chassis frame, including a specified fixed height for the bottom of the blower housing above the vehicle chassis frame,
- wherein each bracket of the second set of brackets defines throughholes which align together to result in a plurality of specified angles for the blower housing, including a specified fixed angle for the blower housing with respect to ground.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.