Wing shroud for an earth moving machine bucket, bucket and earth moving machine
AssigneeLiebherr-Mining Equipment Colmar SAS
InventorsMartial Vicq, Gerard Weber, Oliver Weiss
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Abstract
A wing shroud is provided for an earth moving machine bucket adapted to be positioned at least partially on a tooth adapter and/or at least partially on a lateral plate of the bucket for protecting wear sensitive bucket parts. The wing shroud includes at least one self-lock mechanism for a detachable connection to the bucket.
Claims22
A wing shroud for a bucket adapted to be positioned at least partially on a tooth adapter and at least partially on a lateral plate of the bucket for protecting wear sensitive bucket parts, wherein the wing shroud comprises at least one self-lock mechanism for a detachable connection to the bucket, wherein the self-lock mechanism comprises at least two plugs formed on an inner surface of the wing shroud wherein one of the at least two plugs is adapted to engage into a groove arranged at the tooth adapter;
- and wherein the self-lock mechanism maintains the wing shroud on the bucket by the at least two plugs without any additional parts.
A system, comprising:
- an earthmoving bucket having a side wall;
- a tooth;
- a tooth adaptor coupled to the tooth;
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- a wing shroud including a pair of self-locking u-shaped regions positioned with a first opening directly engaging a top of the tooth adaptor and a second opening directly engaging the side wall, the wing shroud held in place without any additional parts.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.