The Walking Engine
Messrs. R. Hornsby and Sons' Patent Chain Track Tractor for Negotiating Rough Ground
The •‘Chain Track” which gives its name to the engine is formed of a number of feet, linked together with intermediate locking link-4, surrounding the weightcarrying and driving wheels in the form of an endless belt. I lie links which render the chain rigid when pressure is exerted from the outside make it flexible on the inside, so that it bends round two sprocket wheels at either end of the arc. The rear one of these is the driver, which, when the sprockets are engaged in the links, propels the engine by pulling at the chain. Ihe upper part of the chain pulled over by the driving wheel moves forward and is guided by the front sprocket wheel to form a fresh and endless track. Photographs by (I. C. Curnock. London.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XL, Issue 24, 10 June 1908, Page 35
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147The Walking Engine New Zealand Graphic, Volume XL, Issue 24, 10 June 1908, Page 35
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