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...time John F. Kopczynski graduated from Rochester Institute of Technology ten years ago, he was thinking seriously about wheels. Why, he asked himself, should they always be round? Maybe oval wheels would do some jobs better. Last week, Kopczynski (now 31 and president of Buffalo's Pivot Punch and Die Corp.) displayed a set of something he calls "Walk Wheels." They are oval in shape and can flip-flop through mud or sand that would founder conventional round wheels...
...oval wheels: they do not spin themselves into the mud, as round wheels do. They are "geared to the mud": the pointed ends dig into it while the flat sides, whose curvature is like that of a much larger round wheel, support the weight of the vehicle. Inventor Kopczynski says his experimental unit has about twice as much pulling power as if its wheels were round...
...least twelve traction-machinery companies have shown interest in walk wheels, and a U.S. Army engineer has recommended them for further testing. Last week Inventor Kopczynski left for England to discuss his wheels with British manufacturers...
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