Vibrating compactor apparatus

• US 7,410,322 B1
• Filed: 02/22/2007
• Issued: 08/12/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 02/22/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Marvin A. Wallace
• Original Assignee: Marvin A. Wallace
• Inventors: Wallace, Marvin A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Hartmann; Gary S
• Application Number:
  US11/709,536
• Publication Number:
  US 20080205986A1
• Time in Patent Office: 537 Days
• Field of Search: 404/117, 404/122, 404/128, 371/425, 403/120
• US Class Current: 404/117
• CPC Class Codes: E02D 3/026 by rolling with rollers usable only for or specially adapted for soil compaction, e.g. sheepsfoot rollers rollers for soil working in agriculture A01B29/00; rollers for road paving, such rollers usable also for compacting soil E01C19/23
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 3/967 of compacting-type tools compacting tools in combination with special-purpose dredges or soil-shifting machines E02F5/30

Abstract

A vibrating trench compactor apparatus including a first frame, a second frame, and a compactor wheel. The first frame has an adapter plate connectable to a vehicle and a first arm and second arm extending from the adapter plate. A plurality of vibration dampening members are disposed through each arm. The second frame has a motor mounting plate and a first leg and a second leg extending from the motor mounting plate where the first and second leg are interconnected to the vibration dampening members. The compactor wheel is rotatably connected to the first leg and the second leg and a vibration motor is mounted to the motor mounting plate of the second frame for imparting vibrational movement to the compactor wheel via the second frame.

Claims

1. A vibrating compactor apparatus, comprising:

a first frame having an adapter plate connectable to a vehicle, a first arm extending from the adapter plate, and a second arm extending from the adapter plate in a spaced apart relationship with the first arm;

a first vibration dampening member disposed through the first arm of the first frame;

a second vibration dampening member disposed through the second arm of the first frame;

a second frame having a motor mounting plate, a first leg extending from the motor mounting plate, and a second leg extending from the motor mounting plate in a spaced apart relationship with the first leg, the first leg interconnected to the first vibration dampening member and the second leg interconnected to the second vibration dampening member;

a compactor wheel rotatably connected to the first leg and the second leg of the second frame; and

a vibration motor mounted to the motor mounting plate of the second frame for imparting vibrational movement to the compactor wheel via the second frame,

wherein the first vibration dampening member is interposed between a first outer rigid sleeve and a first inner rigid sleeve, the first outer rigid sleeve being connected to the first arm of the first frame, and wherein the second vibration dampening member is interposed between a second outer rigid sleeve and a second inner rigid sleeve, the second outer rigid sleeve being connected to the second arm of the first frame.

2. The compactor apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a first shaft extending through the first leg and the first inner rigid sleeve and a second shaft extending through the second leg and the second rigid inner sleeve.

3. The compactor apparatus of claim 2, wherein the first outer sleeve is connected to the first arm at a medial portion of the first rigid outer sleeve, and wherein the second outer sleeve is connected to the second arm at a medial portion of the second rigid outer sleeve.

4. The compactor apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a plurality of vibration dampening members disposed through the first arm of the first frame and a plurality of vibration dampening members disposed through the second arm of the first frame.

5. A vibrating compactor apparatus, comprising:

a first frame having an adapter plate connectable to a vehicle, a first arm extending from the adapter plate, and a second arm extending from the adapter plate in a spaced apart relationship with the first arm;

a first vibration dampening member disposed through the first arm of the first frame;

a second vibration dampening member disposed through the second arm of the first frame;

a second frame having a motor mounting plate, a first leg extending from the motor mounting plate, and a second leg extending from the motor mounting plate in a spaced apart relationship with the first leg, each of the first leg and the second having a slot, the first arm and the first vibration dampening member positioned in the slot of the first leg and the second leg and the second vibration dampening member positioned in the slot of the second leg, the first leg interconnected to the first vibration dampening member and the second leg interconnected to the second vibration dampening member;

a compactor wheel rotatably connected to the first leg and the second leg of the second frame; and

a vibration motor mounted to the motor mounting plate of the second frame for imparting vibrational movement to the compactor wheel via the second frame.

6. The compactor apparatus of claim 5, wherein the first vibration dampening member is interposed between a first outer rigid sleeve and a first inner rigid sleeve, the first outer rigid sleeve being connected to the first arm of the first frame, and wherein the second vibration dampening member is interposed between a second outer rigid sleeve and a second inner rigid sleeve, the second outer rigid sleeve being connected to the second arm of the first frame.

7. The compactor apparatus of claim 6, wherein the slots of the first leg and the second leg are defined by an outer plate and an inner plate, and wherein the compactor device comprises a first shaft extending through the first inner rigid sleeve and the outer and inner plates of the first leg, and a second shaft extending through the second rigid inner sleeve and the outer and inner plates of the second leg.

8. The compactor apparatus of claim 7, wherein the first outer sleeve is connected to the first arm at a medial portion of the first rigid outer sleeve, and wherein the second outer sleeve is connected to the second arm at a medial portion of the second rigid outer sleeve.

9. The compactor apparatus of claim 5, further comprising a plurality of vibration dampening members disposed through the first arm of the first frame and a plurality of vibration dampening members disposed through the second arm of the first frame.