Roller device for track-type work vehicle, roller shell unit and roller shell

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9840291-B2
Application number	US-201414363949-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 16, 2014
Priority date	Jan 17, 2013
Publication date	Dec 12, 2017
Grant date	Dec 12, 2017

Abstract

A roller device includes a shaft, a bushing, a roller shell, a retainer, and an elastic member. The shaft has a rotation axis. The bushing has smaller-diameter parts on both ends and a larger-diameter part arranged between the smaller-diameter parts with stepped portions interposed therebetween, and is fitted over the outer circumference of the shaft to be rotatable relative to the shaft around the rotation axis. The roller shell has a cylindrical shape, and is fitted over the outer circumference of the smaller-diameter parts of the bushing to abut on the stepped portions. The retainer is formed annularly, is fixed detachably to an end face of the bushing, and abuts on the end face of the roller shell with the elastic member interposed therebetween.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A roller device for a track-type work vehicle, comprising:
a shaft having a rotation axis;
a bushing having smaller-diameter parts on both ends and a larger-diameter part arranged between said smaller-diameter parts with stepped portions interposed therebetween, said bushing being fitted over an outer circumference of said shaft to be rotatable relative to said shaft around said rotation axis;
a roller shell having a cylindrical shape and being fitted over the outer circumference of said smaller-diameter parts of said bushing to abut on said stepped portions;
an elastic member; and
a retainer being formed annularly, being fixed detachably to an end face of said bushing, and abutting on an end face of said roller shell with said elastic member interposed therebetween.

2. The roller device for a track-type work vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein said roller shell is fitted over the outer circumference of said bushing with a gap left therebetween.

3. The roller device for a track-type work vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising an O-ring arranged between the outer circumference of said bushing and an inner circumference of said retainer.

4. The roller device for a track-type work vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein said elastic member has a plurality of elastic segments separately arranged along a circumferential direction of said bushing.

5. The roller device for a track-type work vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein said roller shell includes a tapering part on an inner circumferential side of an end face abutting on said stepped portions,
said roller device further comprising an O-ring arranged between said tapering part and said bushing.

6. The roller device for a track-type work vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein a length of said roller shell on an inner circumference in a direction along said rotation axis is shorter than a length of said smaller-diameter parts of said bushing in the direction along said rotation axis.

7. The roller device for a track-type work vehicle according to claim 6 , wherein said elastic member is formed entirely in a circumferential direction of said bushing.

8. The roller device for a track-type work vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
said bushing has a first recess at an outer circumferential surface opposed to said roller shell, and
said roller shell has a second recess at an inner circumferential surface opposed to said bushing, and
said roller device further comprising an engaging member inserted in both of said first recess and said second recess.

9. The roller device for a track-type work vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
said bushing has a first stepped portion at an outer circumferential surface opposed to said roller shell,
said roller shell has a second stepped portion at an inner circumferential surface opposed to said bushing, and
said first stepped portion and said second stepped portion are opposed to each other in a circumferential direction of said outer circumferential surface.

10. The roller device for a track-type work vehicle according to claim 9 , wherein
said bushing has a first tooth section constituting said first stepped portion at said outer circumferential surface,
said roller shell has a second tooth section constituting said second stepped portion at said inner circumferential surface, and
said first tooth section is engaged with said second tooth section.

11. A roller shell unit for a track-type work vehicle, the roller shell unit being attached to a shaft with a bushing interposed therebetween and being fixable to said bushing by a retainer, comprising:
a roller shell having a cylindrical shape having a through-hole extending through from one end face to the other end face, said roller shell including a tapering part provided on the side of said one end face of said through-hole, and including a bottom surface forming a flat surface orthogonal to said through-hole at a position recessed from said other end face to said one end face side; and
an elastic member arranged on said bottom surface of said roller shell.

12. The roller shell unit according to claim 11 , wherein said roller shell has a recess partially in the circumferential direction at a circumferential surface of said through-hole.

13. The roller shell unit according to claim 11 , wherein said roller shell has a tooth section constituting projections and recesses entirely in the circumferential direction at a circumferential surface of said through-hole.

14. A roller shell for a track-type work vehicle, the roller shell being attached to a shaft with a bushing interposed therebetween and being fixable to said bushing by a retainer,
the roller shell having a cylindrical shape having a through-hole extending through from one end face to the other end face, and having a recess partially in the circumferential direction at a circumferential surface of said through-hole,
the roller shell comprising:
a tapering part provided on the side of said one end face of said through-hole; and
a bottom surface forming a flat surface orthogonal to said through-hole at a position recessed from said other end face to said one end face side.

15. A roller shell for a track-type work vehicle, the roller shell being attached to a shaft with a bushing interposed therebetween and being fixable to said bushing by a retainer,
the roller shell having a cylindrical shape having a through-hole extending through from one end face to the other end face, and having a tooth section constituting projections and recesses entirely in the circumferential direction at a circumferential surface of said through-hole,
the roller shell comprising:
a tapering part provided on the side of said one end face of said through-hole; and
a bottom surface forming a flat surface orthogonal to said through-hole at a position recessed from said other end face to said one end face side.

Assignees

• Komatsu Mfg Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kita Naoaki

Classifications

• B62D55/145

  Rollers with replaceable wear rings or rims (driving sprockets with replaceable rims B62D55/12) · CPC title

• E02F3/7609

  Scraper blade mounted forwardly of the tractor on a pair of pivoting arms which are linked to the sides of the tractor, e.g. bulldozers · CPC title

• B62D55/092 Primary

  with lubrication means (lubricating in general F16N) · CPC title

• B62D55/088

  with means to exclude or remove foreign matter, e.g. sealing means, self-cleaning track links or sprockets, deflector plates or scrapers · CPC title

• B62D55/14 Primary

  Arrangement, location, or adaptation of rollers · CPC title