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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:
Feb. 27, 1996
Filed:
Aug. 31, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Steve K Yates, Scottland, PA (US);
Assignee:
Ingersoll-Rand Company, Woodcliff Lake, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E01C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
404126 ; 180 20 ; 172518 ;
Abstract
A mobile, ground compacting vehicle includes a front row of compacting wheels and a rear row of compacting wheels. The rear row includes two spaced-apart, driven wheel assemblies, each wheel assembly carrying a pair of rims, with a and tire on each rim. A center wheel assembly carries a single rim and tire thereon and is positioned between the spaced-apart wheel assemblies. For replacement of an inner tire of the driven wheel assemblies, the center wheel assembly can be pivoted to the side to provide access to the adjacent wheel assembly lug nuts.