NOISE SUPPRESSING ELEMENT FOR CONTINUOUS TRACK OR CRAWLER TYPE VEHICLE AND METHOD OF OPERATING SAME

摘要

A noise suppressing assembly connectable to a track shoe of a continuous track of a crawler type vehicle is disclosed. The assembly includes a frame having first and second spaced uprights connectable to the track shoe and each having an opening therethrough. A resilient contacting element has a generally columnar cross-sectional configuration, a central opening extending therethrough, and an outside diameter sufficient for contacting one of a sprocket or a track wheel with an outer surface of the element and adjacent structure on an opposed outer surface of the element in the installed position on a track shoe. An axle extends through the frame openings and the central opening for connecting the contacting element to and between the frame uprights. The axle has a diameter substantially, sufficiently smaller than at least one of the diameter of the frame openings or the diameter of the central opening of the contacting element for transverse and rotatable movement of the contacting element relative to the frame; and the axle is held within the frame openings.