Device for the transmission of rotary motion to vibrating members with simultaneous damping of the vibrations

Claim 1

A ROLLER STRUCTURE COMPRISING A VEHICLE BODY; A VIBRATING ROLLER; AND A CONNECTION AT EACH END OF THE ROLLER MOUNTING THE ROLLER FOR ROTATION WITH RESPECT TO THE VEHICLE BODY AND FOR LIMITING THE TRANSMISSION OF VIBRATION FROM THE ROLLER TO THE BODY; ONE OF SAID CONNECTIONS COMPRISING A PAIR OF PNEUMATIC TOROIDAL RINGS EACH HAVING AN OUTER PERIPHERAL FACE AND AN INNER PERIPHERAL FACE SPACED APART PERPENDICULARLY WITH RESPECT TO THE CENTER AXIS OF THE TOROIDAL RING, THE AXES OF THE TOROIDAL RINGS BEING PARALLEL WITH THE AXIS OF ROTATION OF THE ROLLER AND SPACED-APART THEREFROM; A FIRST MEMBER FOR EACH TORODIAL RING OPERATIVELY CONNECTING ONE PERIPHERAL FACE OF THE TORODIAL RING WITH THE BODY; A SECOND MEMBER OPERATIVELY CONNECTING THE OTHER PERIPHERAL FACE OF EACH TOROIDAL RING WITH PLATE MEANS LOCATED BETWEEN THE BODY AND ROLLER; SAID FIRST AND SECOND MEMBERS BEING OVERLAPPED IN SPACED-APART RELATIONSHIP WITH A TOROIDAL RING THEREBETWEEN; A SHAFT CONNECTED TO THE ROLLER EXTENDING OUTWARDLY THEREFROM AND ROTATABLY MOUNTED ON SAID PLATE MEANS; AND MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID SHAFT AND SAID ROLLER.