US3878733A
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Compactor with directional control for eccentric weights
Assignee: Stone Construction Equipment Inc
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Filing: 1974-01-15
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Granted: 1975-04-22
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Expires: 1994-01-15
Abstract
Abstract A compactor base is provided and includes a pair of horizontal eccentric shafts journaled therefrom with the shafts paralleling each other and spaced horizontally apart longitudinally of the base. The shafts are provided with matching meshed gear wheels and the gear wheels are keyed to the shafts by means of oppositely convoluted grooves formed in the shafts and key elements carried by the gear wheels slidable in the grooves. The gear wheels are embraced by thrust bearing equipped yoke structure and the yoke structure is supported from the base for shifting axially of the shafts, the latter being provided with eccentrically disposed weights. By this construction the angular displacement of the eccentric weights relative to the axes of rotation of the corresponding shafts may be inversely varied in response to shifting of the yoke structure longitudinally of the shafts and the compactor base will move forward, rearward or merely vibrate in a vertical plane at the discretion of the operator in accordance with the positioning of the yoke axially along the eccentric shafts.
Inventors
- 👤 Christian T Tertinek
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-25 00:39
CPC Classifications
B; B06; B06B; B06B1/00; B06B1/10; B06B1/16; B06B1/161; B06B1/166; E; E02; E02D; E02D3/00; E02D3/02; E02D3/046; E02D3/074; E04; E04G; E04G21/00; E04G21/02; E04G21/06; E04G21/063; E04G21/066
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
310 words
In combination, a mounting plate having front and Rear ends, a base plate supported below and from said mounting plate for limited vibration of said base plate relative to said mounting plate in an upstanding plane extending longitudinally of said mounting plate, a rearwardly and upwardly inclined tubular handle supported from said opening downwardly through a rear portion of said mounting plate, rotary control means journaled from an upper portion of said handle, a rotary vibrator assembly supported from said base plate beneath said mounting plate and including a rotary input shaft portion, motor means supported from said mounting plate and including a rotary output shaft, means drivingly coupling said output shaft to said rotary input shaft portion, said vibrator assembly including a pair of side by side horizontal shafts journaled for rotation about an axis extending transversely of said base plate and driven from said input shaft portion for simultaneous and equal rotation, weight bodies mounted eccentrically on said shafts, meshed gear wheels mounted on said shafts for adjustable angular displacement relative thereto, weight body angular displacement adjusting means operatively connected between said shafts and gear wheels for angularly adjusting the latter relative to said shafts, said adjustment means including rotary operator means disposed below said mounting plate, and rotary motion transmitting means operatively connecting said rotary control means to said rotary operator for operation of the former in response to rotation of the latter, said rotary motion transmitting means extending downwardly through said handle, said rotary control means including a horizontal transverse rotary shaft portion journaled in the upper portion of said handle and having a first wheel member mounted thereon, said rotary operator means including a horizontal transverse rotary shaft portion having a second wheel member mounted thereon, said motion transmitting means comprising an elongated endless flexible drive member trained about said first and second wheel members.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
310 words
In combination, a mounting plate having front and Rear ends, a base plate supported below and from said mounting plate for limited vibration of said base plate relative to said mounting plate in an upstanding plane extending longitudinally of said mounting plate, a rearwardly and upwardly inclined tubular handle supported from said opening downwardly through a rear portion of said mounting plate, rotary control means journaled from an upper portion of said handle, a rotary vibrator assembly supported from said base plate beneath said mounting plate and including a rotary input shaft portion, motor means supported from said mounting plate and including a rotary output shaft, means drivingly coupling said output shaft to said rotary input shaft portion, said vibrator assembly including a pair of side by side horizontal shafts journaled for rotation about an axis extending transversely of said base plate and driven from said input shaft portion for simultaneous and equal rotation, weight bodies mounted eccentrically on said shafts, meshed gear wheels mounted on said shafts for adjustable angular displacement relative thereto, weight body angular displacement adjusting means operatively connected between said shafts and gear wheels for angularly adjusting the latter relative to said shafts, said adjustment means including rotary operator means disposed below said mounting plate, and rotary motion transmitting means operatively connecting said rotary control means to said rotary operator for operation of the former in response to rotation of the latter, said rotary motion transmitting means extending downwardly through said handle, said rotary control means including a horizontal transverse rotary shaft portion journaled in the upper portion of said handle and having a first wheel member mounted thereon, said rotary operator means including a horizontal transverse rotary shaft portion having a second wheel member mounted thereon, said motion transmitting means comprising an elongated endless flexible drive member trained about said first and second wheel members.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
310 words
In combination, a mounting plate having front and Rear ends, a base plate supported below and from said mounting plate for limited vibration of said base plate relative to said mounting plate in an upstanding plane extending longitudinally of said mounting plate, a rearwardly and upwardly inclined tubular handle supported from said opening downwardly through a rear portion of said mounting plate, rotary control means journaled from an upper portion of said handle, a rotary vibrator assembly supported from said base plate beneath said mounting plate and including a rotary input shaft portion, motor means supported from said mounting plate and including a rotary output shaft, means drivingly coupling said output shaft to said rotary input shaft portion, said vibrator assembly including a pair of side by side horizontal shafts journaled for rotation about an axis extending transversely of said base plate and driven from said input shaft portion for simultaneous and equal rotation, weight bodies mounted eccentrically on said shafts, meshed gear wheels mounted on said shafts for adjustable angular displacement relative thereto, weight body angular displacement adjusting means operatively connected between said shafts and gear wheels for angularly adjusting the latter relative to said shafts, said adjustment means including rotary operator means disposed below said mounting plate, and rotary motion transmitting means operatively connecting said rotary control means to said rotary operator for operation of the former in response to rotation of the latter, said rotary motion transmitting means extending downwardly through said handle, said rotary control means including a horizontal transverse rotary shaft portion journaled in the upper portion of said handle and having a first wheel member mounted thereon, said rotary operator means including a horizontal transverse rotary shaft portion having a second wheel member mounted thereon, said motion transmitting means comprising an elongated endless flexible drive member trained about said first and second wheel members.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
310 words
In combination, a mounting plate having front and Rear ends, a base plate supported below and from said mounting plate for limited vibration of said base plate relative to said mounting plate in an upstanding plane extending longitudinally of said mounting plate, a rearwardly and upwardly inclined tubular handle supported from said opening downwardly through a rear portion of said mounting plate, rotary control means journaled from an upper portion of said handle, a rotary vibrator assembly supported from said base plate beneath said mounting plate and including a rotary input shaft portion, motor means supported from said mounting plate and including a rotary output shaft, means drivingly coupling said output shaft to said rotary input shaft portion, said vibrator assembly including a pair of side by side horizontal shafts journaled for rotation about an axis extending transversely of said base plate and driven from said input shaft portion for simultaneous and equal rotation, weight bodies mounted eccentrically on said shafts, meshed gear wheels mounted on said shafts for adjustable angular displacement relative thereto, weight body angular displacement adjusting means operatively connected between said shafts and gear wheels for angularly adjusting the latter relative to said shafts, said adjustment means including rotary operator means disposed below said mounting plate, and rotary motion transmitting means operatively connecting said rotary control means to said rotary operator for operation of the former in response to rotation of the latter, said rotary motion transmitting means extending downwardly through said handle, said rotary control means including a horizontal transverse rotary shaft portion journaled in the upper portion of said handle and having a first wheel member mounted thereon, said rotary operator means including a horizontal transverse rotary shaft portion having a second wheel member mounted thereon, said motion transmitting means comprising an elongated endless flexible drive member trained about said first and second wheel members.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
23 words
The combination of claim 1 wherein said wheel members comprise sprocket wheels and said endless flexible drive member comprises an endless flexible chain.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
304 words
In combination, a mounting plate having front and rear ends, a base plate supported below and from said mounting plate for limited vibration of said base plate relative to said mounting plate in an upstanding plane extending longitudinally of said mounting plate, a rearwardly and upwardly inclined tubular handle supported from said opening downwardly through a rear portion of said mounting plate, rotary control means journaled from an upper portion of said handle, a rotary vibrator assembly supported from said base plate beneath said mounting plate and including a rotary input shaft portion, motor means supported from said mounting plate and including a rotary output shaft, means drivingly coupling said output shaft to said rotary input shaft portion, said vibrator assembly including a pair of side by side horizontal shafts journaled for rotation about an axis extending transversely of said base plate and driven from said input shaft portion for simultaneous and equal rotation, weight bodies mounted eccentrically on said shafts, meshed gear wheels mounted on said shafts for adjustable angular displacement relative thereto, weight body angular displacement adjusting means operatively connected between said shafts and gear wheels for angularly adjusting the latter relative to said shafts, said adjustment means including rotary operator means disposed below said mounting plate, and rotary motion transmitting means operatively connecting said rotary control means to said rotary operator for operation of the former in response to rotation of the latter, said rotary motion transmitting means extending downwardly through said handle, said shafts including spiral guide means thereon and said gear wheels including portions thereof slidably keyed to the respective spiral guide means, said weight body angular displacement adJustment means including a yoke shiftable along said shafts and operatively connected to said gear wheels for effecting axial shifting thereof in response to shifting of said yoke along said shaft.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
304 words
In combination, a mounting plate having front and rear ends, a base plate supported below and from said mounting plate for limited vibration of said base plate relative to said mounting plate in an upstanding plane extending longitudinally of said mounting plate, a rearwardly and upwardly inclined tubular handle supported from said opening downwardly through a rear portion of said mounting plate, rotary control means journaled from an upper portion of said handle, a rotary vibrator assembly supported from said base plate beneath said mounting plate and including a rotary input shaft portion, motor means supported from said mounting plate and including a rotary output shaft, means drivingly coupling said output shaft to said rotary input shaft portion, said vibrator assembly including a pair of side by side horizontal shafts journaled for rotation about an axis extending transversely of said base plate and driven from said input shaft portion for simultaneous and equal rotation, weight bodies mounted eccentrically on said shafts, meshed gear wheels mounted on said shafts for adjustable angular displacement relative thereto, weight body angular displacement adjusting means operatively connected between said shafts and gear wheels for angularly adjusting the latter relative to said shafts, said adjustment means including rotary operator means disposed below said mounting plate, and rotary motion transmitting means operatively connecting said rotary control means to said rotary operator for operation of the former in response to rotation of the latter, said rotary motion transmitting means extending downwardly through said handle, said shafts including spiral guide means thereon and said gear wheels including portions thereof slidably keyed to the respective spiral guide means, said weight body angular displacement adJustment means including a yoke shiftable along said shafts and operatively connected to said gear wheels for effecting axial shifting thereof in response to shifting of said yoke along said shaft.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
49 words
The combination of claim 3 wherein said rotary operator means is journaled from said yoke for rotation about an axis paralleling said shafts and against axial displacement relative to said yoke, said operator means including a threaded connection with a stationary support portion from which said shafts are journaled.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
70 words
The combination of claim 4 wherein said rotary control means includes a horizontal transverse rotary shaft portion journaled in the upper portion of said handle and having a first wheel member mounted thereon, said rotary operator means including a horizontal transverse rotary shaft portion having a second wheel member mounted thereon, said motion transmitting means comprising an elongated endless flexible drive member trained about said first and second wheel members.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
127 words
In combination, a rotary vibrator assembly including a pair of side-by-side shafts journaled for rotation from a base portion, weight bodies mounted eccentrically on said shafts, meshed gear wheels mounted on said shafts for adjustable angular displacement relative thereto, weight body angular displacement adjustment means operatively connected between said shafts and said gear wheels for angularly adjusting the latter relative to the shafts, said adjustment means including rotary operator means, said shafts including spiral guide means thereon and said gear wheels including portions thereof slidably keyed to the respective guide means, said weight body angular displacement adjustment means including a yoke shiftable along said shafts and operatively connected to said gear wheels for effecting axial shifting thereof in response to shifting of said yoke along said shaft.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
127 words
In combination, a rotary vibrator assembly including a pair of side-by-side shafts journaled for rotation from a base portion, weight bodies mounted eccentrically on said shafts, meshed gear wheels mounted on said shafts for adjustable angular displacement relative thereto, weight body angular displacement adjustment means operatively connected between said shafts and said gear wheels for angularly adjusting the latter relative to the shafts, said adjustment means including rotary operator means, said shafts including spiral guide means thereon and said gear wheels including portions thereof slidably keyed to the respective guide means, said weight body angular displacement adjustment means including a yoke shiftable along said shafts and operatively connected to said gear wheels for effecting axial shifting thereof in response to shifting of said yoke along said shaft.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
42 words
The combination of claim 6 wherein said rotary operator means is journaled from said yoke for rotation about an axis paralleling said shafts and against axial displacement relative to said yoke, said operator means including a threaded connection with said base portion.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
71 words
The combination of claim 3 wherein said rotary control means includes a horizontal transverse rotary shaft portion journaled in the upper portion of said handle means and having a first wheel member mounted thereon, said rotary operator means including a horizontal transverse rotary shaft portion having a second wheel member mounted thereon, said motion transmitting means comprising an elongated endless flexible drive member trained about said first and second wheel members.
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1978-04-21 | 1978-10-21 | 1979-04-22 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1982-04-21 | 1982-10-21 | 1983-04-22 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1986-04-21 | 1986-10-21 | 1987-04-22 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |