Soil processing roller

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12331475-B2
Application number	US-202318200710-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 23, 2023
Priority date	May 25, 2022
Publication date	Jun 17, 2025
Grant date	Jun 17, 2025

Abstract

A soil processing roller includes an elongated roller shell that rotates about a roller axis of rotation and a first fluid chamber in a roller interior space delimited by the roller shell. In association with the first fluid chamber a first opening group is provided which includes a first filling opening, a first discharge opening and a first fill level control opening. A shielding element is arranged in an axial end region of the roller interior space which does not rotate about the roller axis of rotation during a soil processing operation. A first release recess is provided in the shielding element, and a second fluid chamber substantially separated from the first fluid chamber against fluid exchange is delimited by the roller shell. In association with the second fluid chamber a second opening group is provided which includes a second filling opening, a second discharge opening and a second fill level control opening.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A soil processing roller comprising:
a roller shell elongated in the direction of a roller axis of rotation and rotating about the roller axis of rotation during a soil processing operation,
a first fluid chamber in a roller interior space delimited by the roller shell, wherein, in association with the first fluid chamber in an axial end region of the roller interior space, a first opening group comprising a first filling opening, a first discharge opening and a first fill level control opening is provided,
a shielding element disposed in the axial end portion of the roller interior space and not rotating about the roller axis of rotation during a soil processing operation, wherein a first release recess is provided in the shielding element,
wherein a second fluid chamber, substantially separated from the first fluid chamber against fluid exchange, in the roller interior space delimited by the roller shell, wherein, in association with the second fluid chamber in the axial end region of the roller interior space, a second opening group comprising a second filling opening, a second discharge opening and a second fill level control opening is provided,

and in that:
in a first rotational positioning of the soil processing roller about the roller axis of rotation, the first discharge opening and the first fill level control opening are positioned in the circumferential direction in the region of the first release recess, and the second discharge opening and the second fill level control opening are covered by the shielding element,
in a second rotational positioning of the soil processing roller about the roller axis of rotation, the second discharge opening and the second fill level control opening are positioned in the circumferential direction in the region of the first release recess and the first discharge opening and the first fill level control opening are covered by the shielding element.

2. The soil processing roller according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first discharge opening and the first level control opening are provided in a housing region of a first fluid chamber housing delimiting the first fluid chamber, said housing region rotating about the roller axis of rotation during soil processing operation, and in that the second discharge opening and the second level control opening are provided in a housing region of a second fluid chamber housing delimiting the second fluid chamber, said housing region rotating about the roller axis of rotation during soil processing operation.

3. The soil processing roller according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first filling opening is positioned in the region of the first release recess independently of the rotational positioning of the soil processing roller.

4. The soil processing roller according to claim 3 ,
wherein the first filling opening is provided in a housing region of the first fluid chamber housing that does not rotate about the roller axis of rotation during soil processing operation.

5. The soil processing roller according to claim 4 ,
wherein the housing portion of the first fluid chamber housing, which does not rotate about the axis of rotation of the roller during soil processing operation, is fixed with respect to the shielding element.

6. The soil processing roller according to claim 3 ,
wherein the first release recess comprises a central release recess region, wherein the roller axis of rotation extends through the central release recess region and the first filling opening is positioned in radial direction and in circumferential direction in the region of the central release recess region, and in that the release recess has a release recess bulge region extending radially outwardly from the central release recess region, wherein the first discharge opening, the first fill level control opening, the second discharge opening and the second fill level control opening are positioned radially in the region of the release recess bulge region.

7. The soil processing roller according to claim 6 ,
wherein the central release recess region is shaped as a circular disk, or/and in that the release recess region is positioned vertically substantially below the roller axis of rotation.

8. The soil processing roller according to claim 1 ,
wherein the shielding element is a plate-like roller support element for fixing the soil processing roller to a machine frame of a soil processing machine.

9. The soil processing roller according to claim 8 ,
wherein the unbalanced drive motor is fixed with respect to the shielding element.

10. The soil processing roller according to claim 1 ,
wherein at least one unbalanced mass rotatable about an unbalanced axis of rotation is arranged in the second fluid chamber with a center of mass eccentric to the unbalanced axis of rotation, and in that at least a portion of a gear arrangement for transmitting a drive torque from an unbalanced drive motor to the at least one unbalanced mass is arranged in the first fluid chamber.

11. The soil processing roller according to claim 1 ,
wherein a second release recess is provided in the shielding element, wherein, in the second rotational positioning of the soil processing roller, the second filling opening is positioned in the circumferential direction in the region of the second release recess.

12. The soil processing roller according to claim 11 ,
wherein the second release recess is positioned vertically substantially above the roller axis of rotation.

13. The soil processing roller according to claim 11 ,
wherein the second filling opening is provided in the housing portion of the second fluid chamber housing rotating about the roller axis of rotation during soil processing operation.

14. The soil processing roller according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first discharge opening is arranged radially outside the first level control opening, or/and in that the first discharge opening and the first level control opening lie substantially on a radial line intersecting the roller axis of rotation.

15. The soil processing roller according to claim 1 ,
wherein the second discharge opening is arranged radially outside the second fill level control opening, or/and in that the second discharge opening and the second fill level control opening lie substantially on a radial line intersecting the roller axis of rotation.

16. The soil processing roller according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first filling opening is positioned vertically substantially above the roller axis of rotation, or/and in that the second filling opening, the second discharge opening and the second fill level control opening lie substantially on a radial line intersecting the roller axis of rotation.

17. The soil processing roller according to claim 1 ,
wherein, in association with at least one opening group on the soil processing roller, a positioning reference indicating the positioning of the discharge opening and the level control opening of this opening group in the region of the first release recess is provided.

18. A soil processing machine comprising at least one soil processing roller according to claim 1 .

Assignees

• Hamm Ag

Inventors

• Bäuml Stefan
• Rath Günter

Classifications

• E01C19/26

  self-propelled or fitted to road vehicles ({E01C19/231, E01C19/235} , E01C19/27 - E01C19/29 take precedence) · CPC title

• F16N2210/14

  Bearings · CPC title

• F16N2210/04

  Vehicles · CPC title

• F16N9/02

  with reservoir on or in a rotary member · CPC title

• E01C19/238

  Wetting, cleaning or heating rolling elements, e.g. oiling, wiping, scraping · CPC title