WHEEL Russian patent published in 2004 - IPC

FIELD: transport engineering.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to devices aimed at improving cross-country capacity of vehicle to be installed directly on wheels. Wheel has disk, grousers hinge-secured on wheel by means of pins, grousers extension mechanism furnished with locking mechanism and spring-loaded relative to disk. Grousers extension mechanism is made in form of turnable rim hinge-secured on disk. Holes are made on ring part of rim for grousers, and slots are provided on side part to receive pins of grousers, being rim-to-disk stops.

EFFECT: simplified design of antislip device of wheel, provision of automatic extension of grousers.

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