VIBRATORY RAMMER TRANSPORT WHEEL ASSEMBLY

• US 20100084832A1
• Filed: 02/07/2006
• Published: 04/08/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 02/07/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: 3980367 Canada, Inc.
• Original Assignee: 3980367 Canada, Inc.
• Inventors: Filiatrault, Denis
• Granted Patent: US 8,128,105 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 280/47.200
• CPC Class Codes: B62B 5/0083 Wheeled supports connected to the transported object
• CPC Class Codes: E01C 19/35 Hand-held or hand-guided tools E01C19/36 - E01C19/40 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E02D 3/046 by tamping or vibrating, e.g. with auxiliary watering of the soil E02D3/026, E02D3/08 take precedence; generating or transmitting mechanical vibrations for performing mechanical work in general B06B; tamping or vibrating apparatus for working ballast or railways E01B27/00, for consolidating paving materials E01C19/30, for consolidating concrete in general E04G21/06

Abstract

A wheel assembly for providing wheeled transport to a compaction tool having a foot structure. The wheel assembly comprises an axle support member comprising at least one attachment means for attaching the axle support member to a top surface of the foot structure. The assembly further comprises an axle removably attached to the axle support member and having first and second opposite ends. A first wheel is mounted on the first end of the axle and a second wheel is mounted on the second end of the axle. The axle support member is fitted on a pair of pre-existing nut-bolt fasteners on the top surface of the foot structure.

Claims

1. A wheel assembly for providing wheeled transport to a compaction tool having a foot structure, said wheel assembly comprising:

an axle support member comprising at least one attachment means for attaching the axle support member to a top surface of the foot structure;

an axle removably attached to the axle support member and having first and second opposite ends; and

at least two wheels, a first wheel mounted on the first end of said axle and a second wheel mounted on the second end of said axle.

2. The wheel assembly according to claim 1, wherein the at least one attaching means is attaching the axle support member to at least one fastener projecting on the top surface of said foot structure.

3. The wheel assembly according to claim 2, wherein the axle support member further comprises:

a pipe with an inner surface and an outer surface, said pipe having an opening along a longitudinal axis thereof, said opening sized such that the axle is removably pressure-fitted against the inner surface of the pipe; and

a plate mounted on the outer surface of the pipe connecting the pipe to the compaction tool through the at least one attachment means.

4. The wheel assembly according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the axle support member comprises a plurality of said attachment means, the compaction tool comprises a plurality of said fasteners, and each of the plurality attachment means is in alignment with a corresponding one of the plurality of fasteners.

5. The wheel assembly according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the at least one attachment means is a hole sized for engagement with the at least one fastener.

6. The wheel assembly according to claim 3, wherein the pipe is substantially square-shaped.

7. The wheel assembly according to claim 3, wherein the plate comprises first and second wing members integral to the plate and located on first and second opposite side edges of the plate respectively, said wing members extending in a generally transverse direction with respect to the plate.

8. The wheel assembly according to claim 3, 6 or 7, wherein the plate is substantially U-shaped.

9. The wheel assembly according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the axle support member is made of a metal selected from the group consisting of steel, aluminum, steel alloys and aluminum alloys.

10. The wheel assembly according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the compaction tool is a vibrating rammer.