Compaction wheel having replaceable cleats

摘要

A compaction wheel includes a rigid cylinder forming an outer rim. Cleats are removably mounted in cleat-receiving apertures formal on the outer rim. Each cleat has a face plate configured to engage against the outer surface of the cylinder, a working portion extending from the outer surface of the face plate, and a tongue extending from the inner surface of the face plate and being configured to extend through the tongue receiving apertures formed in the outer rim. The tongue includes an aperture positioned to be located radially inwardly of the outer rim when the cleat is mounted on the outer rim. Connection rods are configured to extend through the tongue apertures to secure the cleats to the outer rim. For this purpose, the wheel includes guide tubes that are mounted radially inwardly of the outer rim. Each guide tube is associated with a different one of the cleat-receiving apertures and extends laterally between the lateral outer face of the wheel in a location adjacent to the outer edge of an associated cleat-receiving aperture. Each guide tube is adapted to receive a connection rod and direct it through the tongue opening of a cleat mounted in the associated cleat-receiving aperture.