Crawler without steel cores
The present invention relates to a crawler without steel cores (hereinafter referred to as “coreless crawler”), which is used for transporting the caterpillar vehicles for construction, civil engineering, agricultural use or the like. More particularly this invention relates to a coreless crawler for preventing the crawler body from being separated from a wheel or sprocket and the guide roller from riding the guide projection formed on the inward surface of the crawler, by disposing a pair of separation preventing steel cords having an oblique angle, symmetrically with respect to the center portion in the direction of driving so as to balance the deflection forces, thereby extending the lifetime of the crawler product.
1. A crawler without steel cores having a plurality of lugs ( 3 ) formed on an outward surface of a crawler body ( 2 ) so that they come into contact with the ground; a plurality of guide projections ( 5 ) formed on an inward surface of the body ( 2 ) at regular intervals, the crawler comprising:
a plurality of main steel cords ( 10 ) inserted inside the crawler body ( 2 ), closer to the inward surface and aligned in a longitudinal direction of the crawler body;
first and second inner separation preventing steel cords ( 20 , 20 a ) disposed adjacent to one another to form a first layer on the main steel cords ( 10 ), each of which has laterally an oblique angle with respect to a center portion in the longitudinal direction, the first and second inner separation preventing steel cords being disposed with different oblique angles with respect to the center portion in the longitudinal direction; and
first and second outer separation preventing steel cords ( 30 , 30 a ) disposed adjacent to one another to form a second layer on the first and second inner separation preventing steel cords ( 20 , 20 a ), each of which laterally has an oblique angle with respect to a center portion in the longitudinal direction, the first and second outer separation preventing steel cords being disposed with different oblique angles with respect to the center portion in the longitudinal direction.
2. The crawler according to claim 1 , wherein
the first and second inner separation preventing steel cords ( 20 , 20 a ) and the first and second outer separation preventing steel cords ( 30 , 30 a ) are symmetrically disposed, respectively, with respect to the center portion in the longitudinal direction, and
the first and second inner separation preventing steel cords ( 20 , 20 a ) are symmetrically disposed to the first and second outer separation preventing steel cords ( 30 , 30 a ) with respect to a line that is transverse to the longitudinal direction.
3. The crawler according to claim 1 , wherein
the first inner separation preventing steel cords ( 20 ) and the first outer separation preventing steel cords ( 30 ) are disposed symmetrically with respect to the center portion, and
wherein the second inner separation preventing steel cords ( 20 a ) and the second outer separation preventing steel cords ( 30 a ) are disposed symmetrically with respect to the center portion.
4. The crawler according to claim 3 , wherein
the first inner separation preventing steel cords ( 20 ) and the first outer separation preventing steel cords ( 30 ) are disposed symmetrically, and
the second inner separation preventing steel cords ( 20 a ) and the second outer separation preventing steel cords ( 30 a ) are disposed symmetrically,
whereby deflection forces unbalancedly functioning to the respective first and second separation preventing steel cords can be balanced to prevent the crawler separation.
5. The crawler according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a plurality of reinforcing cords ( 40 ) inserted between the first and second inner separation preventing steel cords ( 20 , 20 a ) and the first and second outer separation preventing steel cords ( 30 , 30 a ) along the center portion in directions transverse to the longitudinal direction,
the reinforcing cords ( 40 ) reinforcing the lateral tension of the crawler and preventing the contact line's ( 41 ) tearing.
6. The crawler according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a plurality of reinforcing cords ( 40 a ) layered on the first and second outer separation preventing steel cords ( 30 , 30 a ) along the center portion, in directions transverse to the longitudinal direction,
the reinforcing cords ( 40 a ) reinforcing the lateral tension of the crawler and preventing the contact line ( 41 ) from tearing.