Patent ID: 8491222

Claim:
A vibration tamper for compacting subsoil during movement of the vibration tamper in an advancing direction F, comprising: a superstructure and a substructure, with the superstructure comprising: a motor; an eccentric disk; and at least one bearing for the eccentric disk, with a connecting rod being arranged in an eccentric manner on the eccentric disk by way of a connecting rod bearing; and the substructure comprising: a tamper plate which is operatively connected with the free end of the connecting rod and which is thereby driven to a linear tamper movement along a tamper axis, wherein the connecting rod comprises: a first section disposed in a first plane, a second section disposed in one of (i) a second plane parallel to the first plane and intersecting the eccentric disk, (ii) a third plane parallel to the second plane and intersecting the at least one bearing for the eccentric disk, or (iii) a fourth plane parallel to the second and third planes and located between the second and third planes, and a bent portion which circumvents the eccentric disk in a direction away from the advancing direction F of the vibration tamper and connects the first section and second section of the connecting rod, with the first section and the second section being laterally and vertically offset from each other by the bent portion.