Bucket, blade, liner, or chute with visual wear indicator liner
AssigneeRockland Manufacturing Company
InventorWilliam K. Pratt
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Abstract
A bucket or blade including a main body having one or more wear indicators. The one or more wear indicators can be inspected and monitored to determine the extent or degree of wear of one or more wear surfaces of the main body of the bucket or blade. Also, a liner having one or more wear indicators configured for use with a bucket, blade, dump truck, or chute of a rock crusher. Also, one or more wear indicators configured for use with a chute of a rock crusher.
Claims25
A wear indicator liner for a bucket, blade, chute, or truck bed, the liner comprising:
- a removable wear plate configured to fit into a load bearing cavity of the bucket, blade, chute, or truck bed, the wear plate having a wear layer with a wear surface, the wear plate having one or more openings or holes partially extending through a thickness of the wear plate and ending below the wear surface;
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- one or more visual wear indicators installed or affixed within the one or more openings or holes in the wear plate,
- wherein an inner end of the one or more visual wear indicators becomes exposed when the wear layer having the wear surface on the wear plate wears down to the inner end of the one or more visual wear indicators to indicate that the wear plate needs repair or replacement.
A method of making a removable wear indicator liner for use on a wear surface of a tractor or heavy equipment, comprising:
- forming one or more openings or holes partially extending through a thickness of a wear plate having a wear layer with a wear surface and ending below the wear surface of the wear plate;
- installing or affixing one or more visual wear indicators within the one or more openings or holes,
- wherein the one or more visual wear indicators is configured so that the one or more visual wear indicators becomes exposed when the wear layer on the wear plate wears down to the one or more visual wear indicators to indicate that the wear surface of the tractor or heavy equipment needs repair or replacement.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.