Tooth retaining and locking system
AssigneeIHC Holland IE B.V.
InventorsEugenius Petrus Elisabeth Marie Cleophas, Peter Cornelis Graaff, Roelof Breken
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Abstract
A tooth with a retaining system for retaining the tooth in a receiving portion of an adapter in a cutting system comprises a first holding system to releasably retain the tooth to the adapter; and a second holding system to tension and secure the tooth with respect to the adapter.
Claims18
A tooth with a retaining system for retaining the tooth in a receiving portion of an adapter in a cutting system, the tooth with retaining system comprising:
- a first holding system to releasably retain the tooth to the adapter, the first holding system comprising a compressible retention element which fits within and corresponds at least in part to a shape of a mounting portion in the tooth to stay within the mounting portion once inserted;
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- a second holding system to tension and secure the tooth with respect to the adapter, the second holding system comprising a locking device and an operating member extending in the longitudinal direction of the tooth,
- wherein the compressible retention element is secured in the mounting portion of the tooth prior to insertion into the adapter.
Method of connecting a retaining system to a tooth with a tooth mounting portion, the method comprising:
- inserting a compressible retention element in the tooth mounting portion, the compressible retention element configured to fit within and correspond at least in part to a shape of the mounting portion to stay within the mounting portion once inserted in the mounting portion and prior to insertion of the tooth into an adapter;
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- inserting an operating member through the compressible retention element and into a hole extending in the longitudinal direction of the tooth for holding the compressible retention element.
A method of releasably connecting a tooth to an adapter, the method comprising:
- inserting a compressible retention element into a tooth mounting portion;
- wherein the compressible retention element fits within and corresponds at least in part to a shape of the tooth mounting portion and is retained within the mounting portion once inserted prior to insertion of the tooth into the adapter;
- sliding a tooth shank into an adapter receiver space;
- engaging a tooth with an adapter with a first holding system comprising the compressible retention element;
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- tensioning and securing the tooth to the adapter with a second holding system comprising a locking device and an operating member extending in a longitudinal direction of the tooth.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.