| US 7,600,646 B2 | ||
| Conversion kit for adjusting pipelayer frame width | ||
| Wayne George Styck, Chillicothe, Ill. (US); and Timothy Edward Camacho, Morton, Ill. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, Ill. (US) | ||
| Filed on Sep. 28, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/905,297. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2009/0087266 A1, Apr. 02, 2009 | ||
| Int. Cl. B62D 55/32 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 212—302 [180/9.48; 212/258; 212/270] | 15 Claims |
| 1. A conversion kit for converting a pipelayer frame of a first width to a different width, the conversion kit comprising:
a spacer, removably attachable to a first side of the pipelayer frame;
a first plurality of replacement brackets for removably attaching the first side of the pipelayer frame to a first track frame,
wherein the first plurality of replacement brackets have a different length than a first plurality of existing brackets that
the first plurality of replacement brackets replace; and
a second plurality of replacement brackets for removably attaching a second side of the pipelayer frame to a second track
frame, wherein the second plurality of replacement brackets have a different length than a second plurality of existing brackets
that the second plurality of replacement brackets replace, wherein a difference in length between the first plurality of replacement
brackets and the first plurality of existing brackets, and a difference in length between the second plurality of replacement
brackets and the second plurality of existing brackets, are both substantially equal to a thickness of the spacer.
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