Compaction Roller (Patent No: 605264)

Inventor: Shatto, Meredith J.

Location: Calgary

Comments: N/A

Description: The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows:

1. A compaction roller comprising a cylindrical drum, a plurality of continuous circumferential ribs in spaced relation on the periphery of said drum, each of
the said ribs being tapered in the transverse plane of its height having a lesser breadth at its peripheral face than at its base, the said peripheral face of each rib being formed of a plurality of plane surfaces which intersect to provide a series of apexes about the circumference of the said rib.

2. The compaction roller defined in claim 1 where the said ribs are so positioned on the drum that the apexes of any rib are staggered with respect to the apexes of adjacent ribs.

3. A compaction roller comprising a cylindrical drum, a plurality of, continuous circumferential ribs fixed to the periphery of said drum in spaced relation, each of said ribs being formed from a plurality of segments, each having a base curved to the radius of the drum, having a planar peripheral face and being of lesser breadth at such peripheral face than at the base, the planar peripheral faces of adjacent abutting segments intersecting to provide apexes on the circumference of said rib.

4. The compaction wheel defined in claim 3 in which the segments making up the ribs are so fixed on the drum that the apexes of any rib are staggered with respect to the apexes of adjacent ribs.

5. The compaction wheel defined in claim 3 or claim 4 in which the breadth of the base and the slope of the sides of each segment are constant values throughout the length of the segment.

6. The compaction roller defined in claim 3 or 5 in which the segments making up the ribs are so fixed on the drum that the apexes of any rib are staggered with respect to the apexes of every other rib.