Work machine having endless ground engaging drive belts
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FIG. 1 is a right side elevational view of a work machine having endless ground engaging drive belts showing our new design;
FIG. 2 is a left side elevational view thereof;
FIG. 3 is a front elevational view thereof;
FIG. 4 is a rear elevational view thereof;
FIG. 5 is a top plan view thereof;
FIG. 6 is a right side perspective view thereof;
FIG. 7 is a right side elevational view of a work machine having endless ground engaging drive belts showing an alternative embodiment of our new design;
FIG. 8 is a left side elevational view of the alternate embodiment;
FIG. 9 is a front elevational view of the alternate embodiment;
FIG. 10 is a rear elevational view of the alternate embodiment;
FIG. 11 is a top plan view of the alternate embodiment; and,
FIG. 12 is a right side elevational view of the alternate embodiment.
Type: Grant
Filed: Aug 24, 1993
Date of Patent: Dec 5, 1995
Assignee: Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, IL)
Inventors: Robert C. Bastian (Hinckley, IL), William C. Boroski (Aurora, IL), Melvin P. Busch, Jr. (Peoria, IL), Elmer R. Crabb (Aurora, IL), Patrick W. Friede (Brimfield, IL), Alan D. Gustafson (Leland, IL), David C. Koch (Lisle, IL), Mark D. Miller (Montgomery, IL), Jeffrey A. Moore (Waterman, IL), James R. Oldham (St. Charles, IL), Robert L. Stamate (Chillicothe, IL), Samuel B. Stevens (Pekin, IL), Russell W. Strong (Craftsbury Common, VT), Lynn A. Sutton (Kewanee, IL), Joseph M. Tucker, III (Oswego, IL)
Primary Examiner: Theodore M. Shooman
Assistant Examiner: Sandra Morris
Attorneys: Claude F. White, Kenneth A. Rhoads
Application Number: 0/12,145
