Patent ID: 8833871
Filing Date: 2014-09-16
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
1. A sweeping track shoe for an undercarriage system in a track-type machine, where the undercarriage system includes a track roller frame and a ground engaging track having a plurality of standard track shoes defining standard shoe footprints, and the undercarriage system is configured to couple with a main frame of the track-type machine such that a clearance extends between the undercarriage system and the main frame, the sweeping track shoe comprising: a one-piece sweeping shoe body having bolting apertures formed therein and communicating between an upper shoe surface and a ground contacting shoe surface, and an outer perimeter defining a sweeping shoe footprint, the bolting apertures being arranged in a directional link bolting pattern defining a minor shoe axis and a major shoe axis; and the sweeping shoe body further having an outboard edge with a standard profile, an inboard sweeping edge with an anti-snagging profile, a leading edge and a trailing edge, wherein the outboard edge is positioned at a first distance from the minor shoe axis and the inboard sweeping edge is positioned at a second distance from the minor shoe axis which is greater than the first distance, and wherein the sweeping track shoe is connectable with the standard track shoes in an endless chain configuration such that the sweeping track shoe juts outwardly of the standard track shoes in an inboard direction for sweeping debris from the clearance during actuating the track.