Wheel substitutes for land vehicles – With interposed friction drive belt
Patent
1978-06-12
1980-12-30
Scherbel, David A.
Wheel substitutes for land vehicles
With interposed friction drive belt
305 38, 305 57, B62D 5524, B62D 5528
Patent
active
042419565
ABSTRACT:
A track assembly for crawler-type vehicles including a pair of spaced endless belts formed of flexible material and disposed in a generally parallel relation, a plurality of shoe-mounting cross bars extending through each of the belts to project from both sides thereof, the cross bars in one belt being aligned with the cross bars in the other belt, a plurality of elongated shoes spanning the belts and secured to corresponding aligned ones of the cross bars and disposed on the outer sides of the belts, a plurality of inwardly directed, sprocket engaging, nose-shaped lugs disposed in the space between the belts and extending inwardly of the inner sides thereof and secured to adjacent ends of aligned ones of the cross bars, and a plurality of inwardly directed, lateral guides on the inner sides of the belt extending inwardly of the inner sides thereof and secured to remote ends of aligned ones of the cross bars.
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patent: 3773394 (1973-11-01), Grawey
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Caterpillar Tractor Co.
Scherbel David A.
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