Wheel substitutes for land vehicles – With interposed friction drive belt
Patent
1986-04-07
1988-02-23
Reeves, Robert B.
Wheel substitutes for land vehicles
With interposed friction drive belt
305 10, 267120, 267292, B62D 5530
Patent
active
047266317
ABSTRACT:
A track compensator for adjusting tension of an endless track on a track-laying vehicle and for absorbing changes in track tension during vehicle operation. A tension adjuster, connected to an idler wheel, adjusts the distance between a drive wheel, at one end of the track, and the idler wheel at the other end of the track. A shock absorber mounted between the vehicle and the tension adjuster absorbs stress on the track caused by debris between the track and vehicle wheels.
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Connerley James J.
Jones Raymond E.
Kliment Bruce M.
FMC Corporation
Guernsey Lloyd B.
Megley Richard B.
Parks Raymond E.
Reeves Robert B.
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