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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2014
Actuant Corporation, Menomonee Falls, WI (US);
James A. Klubertanz, Colgate, WI (US);
Wallace Buege, West Bend, WI (US);
Bradley Ballweg, West Bend, WI (US);
Dennis Zolp, Kewaskum, WI (US);
Actuant Corporation, Menomonee Falls, WI (US);
Abstract
A wheel assembly and a bin sweep system. The system may include a sweep auger for moving granules, and a wheel assembly including a rim and a tire disposed on the rim, the rim defining an interior radially inward of an inner circumference of the rim, and a cycloidal drive disposed in the interior of the rim. The cycloidal drive may include an input shaft, a drive gear having first gearing features and being eccentrically mounted on the input shaft, a stationary drive plate, and second gearing features coupled to the rim, the first gearing features engaging the second gearing features to drive the rim and wheel at a reduced speed relative to the input shaft.