DOUBLE-WHEEL HIGH PRESSURE ICE-BREAKING MACHINE

Abstract

An example high pressure ice-breaking machine with a double row of wheels comprises: a frame, a plurality of wheels, and a plurality of spring mechanisms. The plurality of wheels comprises: a front ice-breaking wheel group and a rear ice-breaking wheel group. The plurality of wheels include a total of two rows of wheels, which include a front ice-breaking wheel group and a rear ice-breaking wheel group. The plurality of wheels are positioned horizontally under the frame. The front ice-breaking wheel group and the rear ice-breaking wheel group include a same number of wheels. The two rows of wheels are staggered in double rows from front to back. A first ice-breaking wheel from the front ice-breaking wheel group and a second ice-breaking wheel from the rear ice-breaking wheel group form a staggered wheel pair, and the first ice-breaking wheel and the first ice-breaking wheel are hinged to a same spring mechanism.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present disclosure relates generally to ice-breaking machines and more specifically to heavy pressure ice-breaking machines with a double row of ice-breaking wheels.

BACKGROUND

In cold weather, solid ice or compacted ice and snow may quickly accumulate on road surfaces, creating traffic hazards. Conventional ice-breaking and/or snow-removal machines often strike, hit, or cut with a constant amount of force—without regard to the thickness or firmness of the ice and snow layers on road surfaces, resulting in suboptimal snow and ice removal results and excess damage to the infrastructure.

Firstly, the application of ice-breaking force in conventional machines are imprecise, such that layers of ice that are too firm and thick may not be sufficiently fractured and remain on the road surfaces. Secondly, the opposite circumstance wherein the road surface is excessively damaged due to a disproportionate amount of force being applied. Thirdly, some conventional machines operate similarly to a milling machine: The ice-breaking teeth are installed on one or more disks, and as the disks rotate, the teeth cut into the snow and ice layers accumulated on a road surface. Ice-breaking machines like these leave many missed spots, resulting in suboptimal results.

The technical problems identified above are reduced if not eliminated by the machines, systems, and methods shown in the present disclosure.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 illustrates an example ice-breaking machine with two rows of ice-breaking wheels.

FIG. 2 illustrates an example row of ice-breaking wheels.

FIG. 3 illustrates the axonometric view of the example ice-breaking machine shown in FIG. 1.

FIG. 4 illustrates a sectional front view of a spring mechanism installed on an example ice-breaking machine.

FIG. 5 illustrates an axonometric view of a left rotating ice-breaking wheel.

FIG. 6 illustrates an axonometric view of a right rotating ice-breaking wheel.

FIG. 7 illustrates an axonometric view of an ice-breaking wheel with an axial installation.

FIG. 8 is an enlarged partial sectional view of the component 123 shown in FIG. 1.

FIG. 9 is a schematic view of the front axle pin and the rear axle pin of each two sets of ice-breaking wheels, which are connected with the spring mechanism and the engage lug of the ice-breaking wheel branch arm.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an example computer-implemented method 1000 for manufacturing an ice-breaking and snow removal machine.

FIG. 11 is a block diagram illustrating an example computer system 1100 for manufacturing an ice-breaking and snow removal machine.

Embodiments of the present disclosure and their advantages are best understood by referring to the detailed description that follows. It should be appreciated that like reference numerals are used to identify like elements illustrated in one or more of the figures; showings therein are for the purposes of illustrating embodiments of the present disclosure and not for purposes of limiting the same.

SUMMARY

Embodiments of ice-breaking machine, as well as methods and computer executable programming instructions for manufacturing the ice-breaking machine, are provided in the present disclosure.

An example machine implementing the technologies described in the present disclosure is capable of breaking and removing snow and ice that have become severely compacted and bonded to a paved road surface.

An example double-row-wheeled ice-breaking machine includes two rows of wheels, a frame, and a plurality of spring mechanisms. This equipment is capable of breaking solid ice and compacted ice and snow, both of which are difficult to clean, more accurately and exactingly.

In some implementations, the two rows of wheels include a front ice-breaking wheel group and a rear ice-breaking wheel group, which are arranged horizontally under the frame.

In some implementations, the two ice-breaking wheel groups are staggered in double rows from front to back with both rows having the same number of wheels. In some implementations, the staggered ice-breaking wheel groups are both hinged to spring mechanisms, and each wheel group is individually connected to the frame.

In some implementations, the ice-breaking wheel groups, due to its unique structure, can maintain a close proximity to, and yet a safe clearance from, a road surface.

In some implementations, the ice-breaking wheel groups can maintain a close proximity to a road surface when the road surface has a varying outline, and is thus capable of breaking ice accumulated on a road without damaging the road surface. In some implementations, the ice-breaking wheel can copy the concave-convex road surface and enlarge the ice-breaking coverage without damages to the road surface.

In some implementations, this equipment does not requirement an engine. In some implementations, the equipment may be hitched to other engines such as a loader, a land-scraper, or a truck.

An ice-breaking and snow removal machine, comprises: a frame; a plurality of wheels, and a plurality of spring mechanisms. The plurality of wheels comprises: a front ice-breaking wheel group; and a rear ice-breaking wheel group.

The plurality of wheels include a total of two rows of wheels, which includes a front ice-breaking wheel group and a rear ice-breaking wheel group. The plurality of wheels are positioned horizontally under the frame.

The front ice-breaking wheel group and the rear ice-breaking wheel group include a same number of wheels.

The two rows of wheels are staggered in double rows from front to back.

A first ice-breaking wheel from the front ice-breaking wheel group and a second ice-breaking wheel from the rear ice-breaking wheel group form a staggered wheel pair, and the first ice-breaking wheel and the first ice-breaking wheel are hinged to a same spring mechanism.

The ice-breaking and snow removal machine comprises a plurality of staggered wheel pairs, each of which connects to the frame individually.

A high pressure ice-breaking machine, comprising: two rows of ice-breaking wheels, a frame, and a plurality of spring mechanisms. The two rows of ice-breaking wheels comprise: a front row of ice-breaking wheels and a rear row of ice-breaking wheels. The front row of ice-breaking wheels and the rear row of ice-breaking wheels are positioned under the frame; the front row of ice-breaking wheels and the rear row of ice-breaking wheels are positioned in a staggered fashion; and the front row of ice-breaking wheels and the rear row of ice-breaking wheels include a same number of ice-breaking wheels.

A first ice-breaking wheel included in the front row of ice-breaking wheels and a second ice-breaking wheel, included in the rear row of ice-breaking wheels, that corresponds to the first ice-breaking wheel according to the staggered fashion form a wheel-pair; wheels included in the wheel-pair are hinged to a same spring mechanism, which is connected to the frame; and wherein the frame is integrally welded structure.

The front row of ice-breaking wheels and the rear row of ice-breaking wheels both include two or more ice-breaking wheels and the space between two wheels in a wheel group is the same.

Each ice-breaking wheel includes a supporting arm, a wheel body, two or more damper shaft, two sets of polyurethane sleeves, two axle pins, and two joint bearings. Each end of the wheel body is, through a joint bearing, connected to the supporting arm; each damper shaft includes a polyurethane sleeve; each axle pin passes through a polyurethane sleeve and a supporting arm; the supporting arm is hinged to a damper shaft, through an axle pin; and each damper shaft is affixed to the frame.

Each of the spring mechanisms comprises: a front axle pin; a rear axle pin; a spring; a spring shaft; a front joint head; a card flap; a ferrule; a spring shaft pressure head; a front cushioning pad; a spring sleeve; a rear cushioning pad; a rear joint head; a guide ring for a non-metallic cylinder; a dust-seal; a spring shaft sleeve; two joint bearings; two sealing rings; and two socket head cap screws.

The inner bores of the front joint head and of the rear joint head are inlaid with joint bearing; a lower end of the front joint head abuts against the ferrule; a first end of the spring shaft radially connects to threads of the front joint head using a socket head cap screw; a second end of the spring shaft connects, after passing through a central bore of the spring shaft pressure head, to the spring shaft sleeve; the spring sleeve is sleeved on the spring shaft and the spring shaft sleeve; front end of the spring sleeve is position-limited by a shoulder of an outer wall of spring shaft pressure head; the front cushion pad is placed between the spring shaft pressure head and the spring shaft sleeve; rear end of the spring sleeve connects to the central screw hole; the rear cushion pad 418 is placed at rear end of the spring sleeve; and seal rings are used to seal space between the spring shaft pressure head and the spring shift sleeve.

The guide ring is provided between the spring sleeve and the spring shaft sleeve; and the guide ring is placed inside an annular groove on an outer wall of the spring sleeve; the dust-seal is used to seal space between the spring shaft pressure head and the spring shaft; the spring is sleeved outside the spring sleeve; and a first end of the spring abuts against lower end of the ferrule, and a second end of the spring abuts against upper end of the rear joint head.

The front row of ice-breaking wheels and the rear row of ice-breaking wheels include wheels having helical ice-breaking teeth or teeth axially mounted ice-breaking teeth.

The helical ice-breaking teeth are left-rotating helical ice-breaking teeth or right-rotating helical ice-breaking teeth.

The frame includes a connection base that is configured to be connected to an arm of a loader.

A method for manufacturing any implementations of an ice-breaking and snow removal machine described in the present disclosure.

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer executable instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by one or more computers, cause a machine to manufacture any implementations of an ice-breaking and snow removal machine described in the present disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The present disclosure provides example ice-breaking machines, as well as components thereof. The structure described in the present disclosure can provide the following technical advantages: First, the double row wheel groups described in the present disclosure are staggered from front to back, reducing any missed spots while breaking ice. Second, the staggered ice-breaking wheel groups are both hinged to spring mechanisms, and each wheel group is individually connected to the frame via a same spring mechanism. The wheel groups can therefore adapt to a road surface's varying contour, reducing the likelihood of damaging the road surface. Third, the ice-breaking wheels are designed to enable easy installation and uninstallation.

Additional details of implementations are now described in relation to the Figures.

FIG. 1 illustrates an example ice-breaking machine 100 having two rows of ice-breaking wheels. As shown in FIG. 1, the double-row-wheeled ice-breaking machine 100 includes two rows of wheels 102, a frame 104, and a plurality of spring mechanisms 106. The two rows of wheels 102 include: a front ice-breaking wheel group 108 and a rear ice-breaking wheel group 110, both of which are arranged horizontally under the frame 104.

In some implementations, the two ice-breaking wheel groups are staggered in double rows (e.g., to reduce missing spots) from front 108 to back 110 with both rows having the same number of wheels. In some other implementations, the two ice-breaking wheel groups may include different numbers of wheels.

In some implementations, the staggered ice-breaking wheel groups are both hinged to the same spring mechanisms 106, and each wheel group is individually connected to the frame 104. The spring mechanisms 106 can not only provide support to the frame 104, but also exert pressure on the ice-breaking wheels in the wheel groups 108 and 110.

FIG. 2 illustrates an example row 200 of ice-breaking wheels. As shown in FIG. 2, the front ice-breaking wheel group 108 and the rear ice-breaking wheel group 110 each comprises multiple ice-breaking wheels; the front wheel group 108 and the rear wheel group 110 are staggered in two row; one group in the front row and the other group in the back row.

To provide increased ice-breaking coverage, wheels included in the two groups are positioned in a zig-zag fashion; and wheels in the same wheel groups may be positioned with even distance therebetween. In some implementations, each wheel in the two wheel groups can move up and town on its own in order to better adapt to the varying contour of a road surface.

The width of the ice-breaking machine may be determined based on the width of an engine (e.g., a tractor or a front loader) pushing or pulling the ice-breaking machine. The spring mechanism 106 may connect to both the front wheel group and the rear wheel groups, rendering the machine, as a whole, more adaptive to the varying contour of a road surface.

As shown in FIG. 2, the ice-breaking wheel 202 may be pressured by the spring mechanism 106 (shown in FIG. 1). Both of the two ice-breaking wheel groups are connected to frame 104, which, in some implementations, is an integral welding structure.

FIG. 3 illustrates the axonometric view of the example ice-breaking machine 300 shown in FIG. 1.

As shown in FIG. 3, each ice-breaking wheel group comprises a wheel supporting arm 302, one or more ice-breaking wheels 303A, 303B, 303C, 303D, and 303E, two damper shaft seats 112, two sets of polyurethane sleeves 912 (FIG. 9), two pins connecting shaft 914 (FIG. 9), and the two wheel-bearing housing 118.

Both ends of an ice-breaking wheel's shaft 116 are connected to the supporting arm 302 through bearing seats 116. Each of the damper shaft seats 112 includes a polyurethane shaft sleeve 912. The connecting pin 33 passes through the shaft sleeve 912 and the supporting arm 7.

The supporting arm 9 and the damper shafts are connected through the shaft connecting pin 33. The damper shafts connect to the frame 104. The wheel shafts 116 are, in some implementations, separable from the wheel body, making it easier to assemble and disassemble a wheel assembly.

One of the technical advantages provided by these designs is that the damper shaft seats 6 can guide the vibrations generated by the ice-breaking wheels to the polyurethane sleeves 912, where they are significantly absorbed, before the vibrations are transmitted to the frame 104.

FIG. 4 illustrates a sectional front view of a spring mechanism 400 installed on an example ice-breaking machine.

As shown in FIG. 4, the spring mechanism 400, in some implementations, comprises: a front axle pin 120, a rear axle pin 122, one or more springs 402, a spring shaft 404, a front joint head 406, a card flap 408, a ferrule 410, a spring shaft pressure head 412, a front cushion pad 414, a spring sleeve 416, a rear cushion pad 418, a rear joint head 420, a guide ring 422 for a non-metallic oil cylinder, a dust-seal 424, a spring shaft sleeve 426, two joint bearings 428, two seal rings 430, and two socket head cap screws 432.

As shown in FIG. 4, the inner bores 14 of the front joint head 406 and the rear joint head 420 are inlaid with joint bearings 428. The lower end of the front joint head 406 is seated in the ferrule 410; the front joint head 406 and the ferrule 410 are connected by the card flap 408. The front end of the spring shaft 404 is connected to the threads of the front joint head 406. The front end of the spring shaft 404 is radially affixed to the front joint head 406 by two socket head cap screws 432. The rear end of the spring shaft 404 passes through the center bore of the spring shaft pressure head 412 and is affixed to the spring sleeve 416. The spring sleeve 416 is sleeved on the spring shaft 404 and the spring shaft sleeve 424. The distal end of the spring sleeve 416 is position-limited by the shoulder of the outer wall of spring shaft pressure head 412.

The front cushion pad 414 is provided between the spring shaft pressure head 412 and the spring shaft sleeve 426. The rear end of the spring sleeve 416 connects to the central screw hole 21. The rear cushion pad 418 is set in at rear end of the spring sleeve 416. Seal rings 430 are used to seal the space between the spring shaft pressure head 412 and the spring shift sleeve 426, as well as the space between the spring sleeve 416 and the rear joint head 420.

The guide ring 422 (for a non-metallic oil cylinder) is provided between the spring sleeve 416 and the spring shaft sleeve 426, for example, to support the sleeves and to reduce frictions between the sleeves. The guide ring 422 is placed inside an annular groove on the outer wall of the spring sleeve 416. The dust-seal 424 is used to seal the space between the spring shaft pressure head 412 and the spring shaft 404. A spring 402 is sleeved outside the spring sleeve 416. One end of the spring 402 abuts against the lower end of the ferrule 410, and the other end of the spring 402 abuts against the upper end of the rear joint head 420.

One joint bearing 428 is placed inside the rear joint head 420 and mounted on the rear axle pin 122. Another joint bearing 428 is placed inside the front joint head 406 and mounted on the front axle pin 120.

Wheels included in a wheel set (which includes a wheel from the front row and a corresponding wheel from the back row) are hinged, through the attachment lugs 126 located on the respective supporting arms (by which the wheels are supported), to the front axle pin 120 and the rear axle pin 122 included in the spring mechanism 400. The front axle pin 120 and the rear axle pin 122 serve the purpose of connecting and positioning the wheels.

The spring mechanism 400 connects the front wheel group and the rear wheel group. The spring mechanism 400 comprises a spring shaft sleeve and a spring shaft connected with each other and capable of moving up and down the spring mechanism 400 to stretch or contract the spring, enabling an ice-breaking wheel to move up and down when rolling on a road surface as the contour of the road surface changes.

The spring shaft 404 may be quenched and tempered with chromium plate, providing a strong resistance to wear and tear. A spring 402 may be made of spring steel 60Si2Mn, which has been widely used in transportation devices and mechanical instruments, to provide greater fatigue resistance and more elasticity.

The card flap 408 and the ferrule 410 together limit the displacement of a spring 402. A spring 402 may also be pretreated with compressions. The card flap 408 includes two halves of a ring. The outer diameter of the card flap 408 is smaller than the inner diameter of the ferrule 410. The card flap 408 and the ferrule 410 are assembled together by sieving the ferrule 410 on the spring shaft 404 and inserting the now-halved card flap 408 into the annular groove on the outer wall of the front joint head 406. This assembly reduces the radial movement of the card flap 408, because the ferrule 410's forward movement traps the card flap 408. The ferrule 410's inner ring also limits the radial movements of the now-halved card flap 408, stabilizing the assembly.

FIG. 5 illustrates an axonometric view of a left rotating ice-breaking wheel 500. The wheel 500, as shown in FIG. 5, may be installed in the front row or the back row, for example, like the wheel 108 or the wheel 110, respectively. The wheel 500 may include helical teeth or axially mounted teeth. Helical teeth are teeth installed at a fixed angle along outer surface of a wheel, e.g., the wheel 116. In some implementations, the teeth are welded on a wheel.

An ice-breaking tooth 31 may integrally consist of one tooth tip and a tooth structure. The body of a tooth may be a rectangular bar; and the tooth tip is a rectangular trapezoid structure with a section parallel to the wide edge of the tooth body. In some implantations, the short edge of the right angle trapezoid is located on the outer side of the tooth; the long edge of the right angle trapezoid is equal to the wide edge of the tooth. The ice-breaking tooth 504 may be made of high hardness, high strength alloy material. Ice-breaking teeth are made integrally with the teeth in the tooth tip, improving the strength of the ice-breaking teeth. The right angle trapezoid shape structure can wedge the ice-breaking edges into an ice/snow layer more easily and thus breaking and tearing the ice/snow layer more effectively.

FIG. 6 illustrates an axonometric view of a right rotating ice-breaking wheel 600. FIG. 7 illustrates an axonometric view of an ice-breaking wheel 800 with an axial installation.

A double-row ice-breaking machine may be installed with both a left rotating ice-breaking wheel 500 and a right rotating ice-breaking wheel 600. In other words, ice-breaking teeth pointing to different directions may be installed and operate at the same time on a same ice-breaking machine. Helical teeth and axially mounted teeth may also be installed and operate at the same time on a same ice-breaking machine.

One of the technical advantages provided by these technologies is that different types of wheels may cut into a snow or ice layer in different manners. Helical teeth can provide a shaper cutting point and thus more effective on firm ice layer. Axially mounted teeth cut into an ice/snow layer in a linear fashion and thus can better compress snow.

FIG. 8 is an enlarged partial sectional view 800 of the component 123 illustrated in FIG. 1. The components 802, 804, and 806 may be the components 120, 120, 124, and 126, shown in FIG. 1, respectively.

FIG. 9 is a schematic view 900 of the front axle pin and the rear axle pin of each two sets of ice-breaking wheels, which are connected with a spring mechanism and an attachment lug installed on a supporting arm.

As shown in FIG. 9, two wheels in a front-back wheel pair are hinged to the front axle pin 906 and to the rear axle pin 908 of a same spring mechanism, using the attachment lug 910 installed on the respective supporting arms 906 and 908, respectively. The front axle pin 906 is therefore indirectly connected with the rear axle pin 908, producing a stabilizing effect.

As shown in FIG. 9, each set of ice-breaking wheels includes an ice-breaking wheel bearing arm 904, a wheel body 116, two shock absorbing shaft seats 112, two polyurethane sleeves 912, two connecting axle pins 914, and two ice breaking wheel frame 118.

In some implementations, the ice-breaking wheel bearing frame 118 is fixed with the ice breaking wheel supporting arm 904; and each of the shock absorber shafts (also called damper shafts) 902 is provided with a polyurethane sleeve 912, the connecting axle pin 912 passes through the polyurethane sleeve 912 and the ice breaking wheel support arm 904, and the ice-breaking wheel support arm 904 and the shock absorber shaft seat 902 are hinged by connecting the axle pin 914.

In some implementations, the shock-absorbing shaft seat 902 is fixed to the frame 104. The ice breaking wheel bearing seat 118 is separable from the wheel body 116. The shock-absorbing shaft seat 902 can, in some implementations, reduce machine vibration by transmitting the vibrations first to the polyurethane sleeve 912—where the vibrations are reduced, and then to the frame 104.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an example computer-implemented method 1000 for manufacturing an ice-breaking and snow removal machine. The computer system 1100, when properly programmed, can execute the method 1000.

In some implementations, the method 1000 includes using a computer to load (502) computer-executable programming instructions from a non-volatile memory of the computer to a volatile memory of the computer.

After loading the programming instructions, the computer may execute (1004) the programming instructions using the volatile memory.

Based on the execution of the programming instructions, the computer may control (1006) a manufacturing machine, for example, a cutting machine, a molding machine, or a pressing machine.

By controlling the manufacturing machine, the computer causes (1008) the manufacturing machine to manufacture any implementations of a heavy pressure ice-breaking machine described in the present disclosure.

FIG. 11 is a block diagram illustrating an example computer system 1100 for manufacturing an ice-breaking and snow removal machine. The computer system 1100 in some implementations includes one or more processing units CPU(s) 1102 (also referred to as processors), one or more network interfaces 1104, optionally a user interface 105, a memory 1106, and one or more communication buses 1110 for interconnecting these components. The communication buses 1110 optionally include circuitry (sometimes called a chipset) that interconnects and controls communications between system components. The memory 1106 typically includes high-speed random access memory, such as DRAM, SRAM, DDR RAM or other random access solid state memory devices; and optionally includes non-volatile memory, such as one or more magnetic disk storage devices, optical disk storage devices, flash memory devices, or other non-volatile solid state storage devices. The memory 1106 optionally includes one or more storage devices remotely located from the CPU(s) 1102. The memory 1106, or alternatively the non-volatile memory device(s) within the memory 1106, comprises a non-transitory computer readable storage medium. In some implementations, the memory 1106 or alternatively the non-transitory computer readable storage medium stores the following programs, modules and data structures, or a subset thereof:

• • an operating system 1110 (e.g., an embedded Linux operating system), which includes procedures for handling various basic system services and for performing hardware dependent tasks;
  • a network communication module 1112 for connecting the computer system with a manufacturing machine via one or more network interfaces (wired or wireless);
  • a computing module 1114 for executing programming instructions;
  • a controller 1116 for controlling a manufacturing machine in accordance with the execution of programming instructions; and
  • a user interaction module 1118 for enabling a user to interact with the computer system 1100.

In some implementations, the user interface 1105 includes an input device (e.g., a keyboard, a mouse, a touchpad, a track pad, and a touch screen) for a user to interact with the computer system 1100.

One or more of the above identified elements may be stored in one or more of the previously mentioned memory devices, and correspond to a set of instructions for performing a function described above. The above identified modules or programs (e.g., sets of instructions) need not be implemented as separate software programs, procedures or modules, and thus various subsets of these modules may be combined or otherwise re-arranged in various implementations. In some implementations, the memory 1106 optionally stores a subset of the modules and data structures identified above. Furthermore, the memory 1106 may store additional modules and data structures not described above.

Plural instances may be provided for components, operations or structures described herein as a single instance. Finally, boundaries between various components, operations, and data stores are somewhat arbitrary, and particular operations are illustrated in the context of specific illustrative configurations. Other allocations of functionality are envisioned and may fall within the scope of the implementation(s). In general, structures and functionality presented as separate components in the example configurations may be implemented as a combined structure or component. Similarly, structures and functionality presented as a single component may be implemented as separate components. These and other variations, modifications, additions, and improvements fall within the scope of the implementation(s).

It will also be understood that, although the terms “first,” “second,” etc. may be used herein to describe various elements, these elements should not be limited by these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish one element from another. For example, a first row could be termed a second row, and, similarly, a second row could be termed a first row, without changing the meaning of the description, so long as all occurrences of the “first row” are renamed consistently and all occurrences of the “second row” are renamed consistently. The first row and the second row are both rows, but they are not the same row.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular implementations only and is not intended to be limiting of the claims. As used in the description of the implementations and the appended claims, the singular forms “a”, “an” and “the” are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It will also be understood that the term “and/or” as used herein refers to and encompasses any and all possible combinations of one or more of the associated listed items. It will be further understood that the terms “comprises” and/or “comprising,” when used in this specification, specify the presence of stated features, integers, steps, operations, elements, and/or components, but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, and/or groups thereof.

As used herein, the term “if” may be construed to mean “when” or “upon” or “in response to determining” or “in accordance with a determination” or “in response to detecting,” that a stated condition precedent is true, depending on the context. Similarly, the phrase “if it is determined (that a stated condition precedent is true)” or “if (a stated condition precedent is true)” or “when (a stated condition precedent is true)” may be construed to mean “upon determining” or “in response to determining” or “in accordance with a determination” or “upon detecting” or “in response to detecting” that the stated condition precedent is true, depending on the context.

The foregoing description, for purpose of explanation, has been described with reference to specific implementations. However, the illustrative discussions above are not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the implementations to the precise forms disclosed. Many modifications and variations are possible in view of the above teachings. The implementations were chosen and described in order to best explain the principles and their practical applications, to thereby enable others skilled in the art to best utilize the implementations and various implementations with various modifications as are suited to the particular use contemplated.

Claims

1. A high pressure ice-breaking machine, comprising:

a frame; and

a plurality of wheels, wherein the plurality of wheels comprises: a front ice-breaking wheel group; and a rear ice-breaking wheel group; and

a plurality of spring mechanisms connecting front ice-breaking wheel group with the rear ice-breaking wheel group.

2. The high pressure ice-breaking machine of claim 1, wherein the plurality of wheels include a total of two rows of wheels, which includes a front ice-breaking wheel group and a rear ice-breaking wheel group.

3. The high pressure ice-breaking machine of claim 2, wherein the plurality of wheels are positioned horizontally under the frame.

4. The high pressure ice-breaking machine of claim 2, wherein the front ice-breaking wheel group and the rear ice-breaking wheel group include a same number of wheels.

5. The high pressure ice-breaking machine of claim 2, wherein the two rows of wheels are staggered in double rows from front to back.

6. The high pressure ice-breaking machine of claim 5, wherein a first ice-breaking wheel from the front ice-breaking wheel group and a second ice-breaking wheel from the rear ice-breaking wheel group form a staggered wheel pair, and the first ice-breaking wheel and the first ice-breaking wheel are hinged to a same spring mechanism.

7. The high pressure ice-breaking machine of claim 6 comprises a plurality of staggered wheel pairs, each of which connects to the frame individually.

8. A method for manufacturing the high pressure ice-breaking machine of claim 1.

9. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer executable instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by one or more computers, cause a machine to manufacture the high pressure ice-breaking machine of claim 1.

10. A high pressure ice-breaking machine, comprising:

two rows of ice-breaking wheels;

a frame;

and a plurality of spring mechanisms, wherein the two rows of ice-breaking wheels comprise: a front row of ice-breaking wheels and a rear row of ice-breaking wheels, wherein the front row of ice-breaking wheels and the rear row of ice-breaking wheels are positioned under the frame; the front row of ice-breaking wheels and the rear row of ice-breaking wheels are positioned in a staggered fashion; the front row of ice-breaking wheels and the rear row of ice-breaking wheels include a same number of ice-breaking wheels; a first ice-breaking wheel included in the front row of ice-breaking wheels and a second ice-breaking wheel, included in the rear row of ice-breaking wheels, that corresponds to the first ice-breaking wheel according to the staggered fashion form a wheel-pair, wheels included in the wheel-pair are hinged to a same spring mechanism, which is connected to the frame; and wherein the frame is integrally welded structure.

11. The high pressure ice-breaking machine of claim 10, wherein the front row of ice-breaking wheels and the rear row of ice-breaking wheels both include two or more ice-breaking wheels and the space between two wheels in a wheel group is the same.

12. The high pressure ice-breaking machine of claim 10, wherein each ice-breaking wheels includes a supporting arm, a wheel body, two or more damper shaft, two sets of polyurethane sleeves, two axle pins, and two joint bearings, wherein

each end of the wheel body is, through a joint bearing, connected to the supporting arm;

each damper shaft includes a polyurethane sleeve;

each axle pin passes through a polyurethane sleeve and a supporting arm;

the supporting arm is hinged to a damper shaft, through an axle pin; and

each damper shaft is affixed to the frame.

13. The high pressure ice-breaking machine of claim 12, wherein each of the spring mechanisms comprises:

a front axle pin;

a rear axle pin;

a spring;

a spring shaft;

a front joint head;

a card flap;

a ferrule;

a spring shaft pressure head;

a front cushioning pad;

a spring sleeve;

a rear cushioning pad;

a rear joint head;

a guide ring for a non-metallic cylinder;

a dust-seal;

a spring shaft sleeve;

two joint bearings;

two sealing rings; and

two socket head cap screws.

14. The high pressure ice-breaking machine of claim 13, wherein

inner bores of the front joint head and of the rear joint head are inlaid with joint bearing;

a lower end of the front joint head abuts against the ferrule;

a first end of the spring shaft radially connects to threads of the front joint head using a socket head cap screw;

a second end of the spring shaft connects, after passing through a central bore of the spring shaft pressure head, to the spring shaft sleeve;

the spring sleeve is sleeved on the spring shaft and the spring shaft sleeve;

front end of the spring sleeve is position-limited by a shoulder of an outer wall of spring shaft pressure head;

the front cushioning pad is placed between the spring shaft pressure head and the spring shaft sleeve;

rear end of the spring sleeve connects to central screw hole;

the rear cushioning pad is placed at rear end of the spring sleeve;

seal rings are used to seal space between the spring shaft pressure head and the spring shift sleeve.

15. The high pressure ice-breaking machine of claim 14, wherein

the guide ring is provided between the spring sleeve and the spring shaft sleeve; and

the guide ring is placed inside an annular groove on an outer wall of the spring sleeve;

the dust-seal is used to seal space between the spring shaft pressure head and the spring shaft;

the spring is sleeved outside the spring sleeve; and

a first end of the spring abuts against lower end of the ferrule, and a second end of the spring abuts against upper end of the rear joint head.

16. The high pressure ice-breaking machine of claim 10, wherein the front row of ice-breaking wheels and the rear row of ice-breaking wheels include wheels having helical ice-breaking teeth or teeth axially mounted ice-breaking teeth.

17. The high pressure ice-breaking machine of claim 16, wherein the helical ice-breaking teeth are left-rotating helical ice-breaking teeth or right-rotating helical ice-breaking teeth.

18. The high pressure ice-breaking machine of claim 10, wherein the frame includes a connection base that is configured to be connected to an arm of a loader.

19. A method for manufacturing the high pressure ice-breaking machine of claim 10.

20. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer executable instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by one or more computers, cause a machine to manufacture the high pressure ice-breaking machine of claim 10.