Bucket tip end cover
AssigneeSeiki Koei Corporation
InventorYasunori Motomura
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Abstract
A bucket tip end cover 1 includes multiple cover members 10, 20 arranged at a tip end of a bucket 5 between adjacent ones of adaptors 7. The multiple cover members 10, 20 are fixed to the bucket 5 in a state in which an entire width in an arraying direction A of the adaptors 7 is adjusted in such a manner that each cover member 10, 20 relatively moves in the arraying direction A.
Claims5
A bucket tip end cover fixed to a tip end of a bucket exposed in a state in which drilling tools are each attached to adaptors to protect the tip end of the bucket, the adaptors being provided at a predetermined interval at the bucket, said bucket tip end cover comprising:
- a first cover member and a second cover member arranged at the tip end of the bucket between adjacent ones of the adaptors,
- wherein the first cover member and the second cover member are configured to overlap and be adjustable with respect to each other in an arraying direction between the adapters such that an entire width in the arraying direction between the adaptors is covered and, after such width adjustment, the cover members are fixed to the bucket,
- the first cover member includes a first base portion provided along an inner surface or an outer surface of the bucket, and a first front end portion standing at a front end of the first base portion to cover the tip end of the bucket,
- the second cover member includes a second base portion provided along the inner surface or the outer surface of the bucket, and a second front end portion standing at a front end of the second base portion to cover the tip end of the bucket,
- a cutout portion is formed at a substantially center of the first base portion, and
- a center protruding portion having a front surface configured to support a back surface of the cutout portion is formed at the second base portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.