Lug arrangement for elastic crawler
Disclosed is an elastic crawler formed with an elastic material in the shape of an endless track, and used as the wheel for the work vehicle with enhanced reliability and durability. The elastic crawler includes a crawler body formed with an elastic material and having lugs protruded at the ground contact side thereof, and cores having wings extended left and right to the center of the crawler body in the width direction thereof, and arranged parallel to each other in the longitudinal track direction of the crawler body such that the wings face the lugs formed at the crawler body. The crawler body has first and second lug units alternately arranged parallel to each other in the longitudinal track direction thereof. The first lug unit has left lugs facing each other over two wings, and right lugs arranged right to the center of the crawler body while proceeding symmetrical to the left lugs around the center. The second lug unit has left lugs facing each other over one wing, and right lugs arranged right to the center of the crawler body while proceeding symmetrical to the left lugs around the center.
1. An elastic crawler comprising:
a crawler body formed with an elastic material in a shape of an endless track, and comprising a plurality of lug units protruding toward a ground contact side and being arranged substantially parallel to each other in a longitudinal direction of the crawler body and being disposed left and right of a longitudinal center line of the crawler body; and
cores arranged substantially parallel to each other in the longitudinal direction of the crawler body, each core comprising a pair of wings that are disposed opposite to a longitudinal center line of the crawler body and face the lug units,
wherein each of the lug units comprises a first lug facing two wings of the cores and a second lug facing a single wing of the cores, extending substantially parallel to the first lug and disposed at the same side with respect to the longitudinal center line of the crawler body, and
wherein the second lug is positioned between the first lug and an adjacent first lug that forms part of an adjacent one of the plurality of lug units.
2. The elastic crawler of claim 1 wherein each of the first and the second lugs has an extension extending in the longitudinal direction of the crawler body.
3. The elastic crawler of claim 1 wherein the longitudinal track length of the ground contact surface formed at the first lug is established to be the same as the longitudinal track length of the ground contact surface formed at the second lug.
4. The elastic crawler of claim 1 wherein the first lugs or the second lugs positioned right to the center of the crawler body in the width direction thereof, and the first lugs or the second lugs positioned left to the center of the crawler body in the width direction thereof are arranged at the left and the right sides of the crawler body, respectively.
5. The elastic crawler of claim 3 wherein the first lugs or the second lugs positioned right to the center of the crawler body in the width direction thereof, and the first lugs or the second lugs positioned left to the center of the crawler body in the width direction thereof are arranged at the left and the right sides of the crawler body, respectively.