Patent ID: 6022171
Filing Date: 2000-02-08
Classification: E01C,E04G

Abstract:
A wheel for supporting a concrete processing vehicle, said wheel comprising:a hub portion rotatably mountable to a concrete processing vehicle to be operated within the confines of an area prepared to receive concrete, wherein the area has a base surface atop which concrete is poured and at least one concrete reinforcing element located above the base surface, wherein said hub portion has a first end and a second end distal thereto and said first and second ends define a central axis extending therebetween, and wherein said hub portion includes a rim surface extending radially about said central axis and between said first and second ends; and,a plurality of base surface-contacting members extending from said hub portion, each base surface-contacting member of said plurality of base surface-contacting members having a shape which urges a concrete reinforcing element away from entrapment between said base surface-contacting member and the base surface upon contact between said base surface-contacting member and the concrete reinforcing element, wherein each said base surface-contacting member is elongated and has a first end at said rim surface and a second end distal thereto.