Soil tamping device

• US 3,199,424 A
• Filed: 09/21/1962
• Issued: 08/10/1965
• Est. Priority Date: 09/21/1962
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Carl R. Glass
• Original Assignee: Carl R. Glass
• Inventors: Glass, Carl R.
• Application Number:
  US04/225,176
• Time in Patent Office: 1,054 Days
• US Class Current: 404/113
• CPC Class Codes: E02D 3/074 Vibrating apparatus operating with systems involving rotary unbalanced masses E02D3/054 takes precedence

Claims

1. A VIBRATING MACHINE, FOR EARTH TAMPING AND THE LIKE, COMPRISING A HOUSING WITH FOUR, RECTANGULAR DISPOSED WALLS INCLUDING FRONT AND REAR WALLS, AND PARALLEL END WALLS, SAID WALLS HAVING CO-PLANAR, UPPER EDGES, AND A COVER PLATE SECURED TO SAID HOUSING IN COVERING RELATION TO SAID UPPER EDGES, SAID FRONT WALL BEING LESS IN DEPTH THAN SAID REAR WALL, AND THE BOTTOM EDGES OF SAID END WALLS EACH COMPRISING TWO ANGULARLY DISPOSED PORTIONS, ONE PORTION PERPENDICULAR TO SAID REAR WALL, AND EXTENDING INWARDLY THEREFROM, FOR A DISTANCE LESS THAN HALF THE WIDTH OF THE END FACE, AND THE OTHER PORTION EXTENDING FROM THE SAID ONE PORTION TO SAID FRONT WALL, A BOTTOM PLATE IN THREE ANGULARLY DISPOSED SECTIONS, SECURED TO THE BOTTOM EDGES OF SAID WALLS, AND EXTENDING OUTWARDLY OF SAID END WALLS, AND HAVING A FIRST SECTION COINCIDING WITH SAID ONE PORTION, AND EXTENDING OUTWARDLY OF SAID REAR WALL, A SECOND SECTION COINCIDING WITH SAID OTHER PORTIN, AND EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY BEYOND SAID FRONT WALL, AND A THIRD SECTION DISPOSED AT AN ANGLE TO SID SECOND SECTION, AND INCLINED TOWARD THE TOP OF SAID HOUSING, A MOTOR CARRIED BY SAID COVERPLATE, OUTWARDLY OF SAID HOUSING, A SHAFT WITHIN SAID HOUSING, JOURNALLED TO SAID END WALLS GENERALLY MEDIALLY OF THE DISTANCE BETWEEN SAID FRONT AND REAR WALLS, AND MEDIALLY OF THE DEPTH OF SAID FRONT WALL, A DRIVING CONNECTION BETWEEN SAID MOTOR AND SAID SHAFT, AND AN ECCENTRIC WEIGHT CARRIED BY SAID SHAFT, MEDIALLY OF THE LENGTH THEREOF, AND COMPRISING A SOLID RIGHT CIRCULAR CYLINDER, HAVING A LONGITUDINAL GROOVE MATING WITH THE PERIPHERY OF SAID SHAFT, AND SECURED THERETO, A HANDLE COMPRISING A FIRST PORTION, PIVOTED TO SAID HOUSING, AND MEANS TO ADJUST THE INCLINATION OF SAID FIST PORTION, A SECOND PORTION DISPOSED TRANSVERSELY TO SAID FIRST PORTION, AND A RESILIENT COUPLING CONNECTING SAID PORTIONS.