Wheel substitutes for land vehicles – With means to remove or exclude foreign matter – With deflector plate – track guide means – or scraper
Patent
1998-08-10
2000-07-18
Stormer, Russell D.
Wheel substitutes for land vehicles
With means to remove or exclude foreign matter
With deflector plate, track guide means, or scraper
305100, 404129, B62D 55088
Patent
active
060896841
ABSTRACT:
A device for removing debris from a drive wheel rotatably mounted to a vehicle body includes an auxiliary wheel rotatably mounted on the body adjacent an outer peripheral surface of the drive wheel. The auxiliary drive wheel has a substantially circumferential surface for engaging the outer peripheral surface of the drive wheel and thereby being rotated by the drive wheel in a direction opposite the rotation of the drive wheel. The auxiliary wheel dislodges debris on the drive wheel and discharges it away from the track mechanism of the vehicle. A selector mechanism can be provided to selectively move the auxiliary wheel out of engagement with the drive wheel. The auxiliary wheel can be mounted radially adjacent to the drive wheel so that it contacts the upper section of the drive wheel. This device allows a method of removing debris from a rotating drive wheel by mounting a debris gathering wheel adjacent the drive wheel and bringing the rotatable debris gathering wheel into frictional contact with the drive wheel so as to remove debris from the drive wheel.
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Bergstrom Brian J.
Bergstrom Jenice M.
Stormer Russell D.
Thomte Dennis L.
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