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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 1979
Filed:
Jan. 28, 1977
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ronald L Krolak, Morton, IL (US);
James T Duke, Peoria, IL (US);
Arthur J Ritter, Metamora, IL (US);
Assignee:
Caterpillar Tractor Co., Peoria, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60S / ; B60S / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
305 12 ;
Abstract
A scraping apparatus is provided for a track-type vehicle which has a track with a chain and shoes. The scraping apparatus has first and second scraping elements each having first and second opposed cutting edges. The first scraping element removes foreign material from the chain and the second scraping element removes foreign material from the shoes. The scraping apparatus removes foreign material during forward and rearward movement of the track.