Rubber crawler

Abstract

Abstract The invention relates to a rubber crawler for crawling vehicles and particularly to a rubber crawler for instance useable on flat roads or muddy grounds, which can become interchanged with a metal crawler useable in sites abundant in pebbles and stone pieces. The invention consists in a rubber crawler comprising an endless belt (1) made of rubber, a number of core metal pieces (2) buried in said belt such that they are arranged in the longitudinal direction (L) of the belt at predetermined intervals while each thereof extends transversely, a number of sprocket holes (6) between said core metal pieces and pairs of projections (8) formed on each of the core metal pieces to protrude through the inner surface of the belt. The top portions of the projections (8) are formed into runway pieces (9) having a flat top surface to extend longitudinally with respect to the belt, which pieces are such arranged that the clearance (C) between adjacent pairs of them is less than the diameter of running wheels (18) and yet large enough to keep said pieces from colliding and pushing against each other while the belt turns.

Inventors

• 👤 Sumio Togashi

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