Way cover improvements
View Patent ↗A way cover section is shaped with a continuous lateral arc by pre-stressing so that its top panel has a radius in its top panel from one side panel of the cover section to the other. A wiper at the leading edge of the cover sections that may also serve as a bumper. The wiper has an elastomeric wiper section at one end and an elastomeric bumper section at the other end, with an intermediate section of a harder and more lubricious material that fits on a rolled over edge of the cover section to which the wiper is attached.
1. In a telescopic way cover of the type that has cover sections telescopically arranged with one another, each section having a top wall and side walls and at least some sections fitting at least partially below other sections, the improvement wherein the top wall of at least some of the sections is arched so that it forms a continuous curve in a lateral plane that extends between sides of the section and wherein the cover section includes a wiper at a leading edge thereof, the leading edge of the cover being rolled over so as to define an inner wall with a rearwardly facing surface at a rear edge of the inner wall and a forwardly facing surface at a front edge of the cover, and wherein the wiper abuts the rearwardly facing surface and the forwardly facing surface so as to restrain the wiper forwardly and rearwardly relative to the cover.
2. In a telescopic way cover of the type that has cover sections telescopically arranged with one another, each section having a top wall and side walls and at least some sections fitting at least partially below other sections, the improvement wherein the top wall of at least some of the sections is arched so that it forms a continuous curve in a lateral plane that extends between sides of the section and wherein the top wall has tabs which fit into slots in a flange of the cover section and the slots are arranged in a continuous arc pattern.
3. In a telescoping way cover of the type that has cover sections telescopically arranged with one another, at least some of the sections having a front edge and a wiper on the front edge which wipes on the cover section below the cover section with the wiper, the improvement wherein the front edge is rolled over and mounts a wiper with a form fit between the wiper and the rolled over edge,
wherein the wiper is snap fit to the front edge;
wherein the wiper is co-extruded of two materials of different hardnesses; and
wherein the wiper includes a middle section of a relatively harder material than a wiper at a leading end of the wiper, the middle section being positioned between the front edge of the cover to which the wiper is attached and the next cover section down.