Replaceable work part for a demolition tool
AssigneeCaterpillar Work Tools B.V.
InventorJeroen Brouwers
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Abstract
A replaceable work part which has a base and a tooth portion provided on an upper side of the base. A plurality of mounting legs extend downward from the base. Each mounting leg defines a recess and is configured to engage a corresponding mounting structure formed on a jaw of the jaw assembly. The replaceable work part is mounted to the jaw by being inserted into the same from above and sliding the same onto the jaw in a sliding direction to engage the mounting legs with the mounting structures of the jaw. In this state, locking members are inserted between the replaceable work part and the jaw and secured to the replaceable work part to restrict movement of the replaceable work part in the direction opposite to the mounting direction.
Claims15
A replaceable work part configured to be mounted to a jaw of a jaw assembly of a demolition tool, the replaceable work part comprising:
- a base that includes an upper side and a bottom side;
- a tooth portion provided on the upper side of the base, the tooth portion disposed between a front side and a rear side of the replaceable work part, the front side and the rear side of the replaceable work part defining a front-rear direction of the replaceable work part;
- a first mounting leg extending downward from the base, the first mounting leg including a first portion that extends in the front-rear direction underneath the bottom side of the base;
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- a second mounting leg extending downward from the base, the second mounting leg including a first section that is disposed below the bottom side of the base and extends in the front-rear direction of the replaceable work part, the second mounting leg being spaced from the first mounting leg in the front-rear direction of the replaceable work part,
- wherein the first mounting leg defines a first recess, the first recess oriented to open towards the rear side of the replaceable work part, the first recess configured to receive a first mounting structure of the jaw of the jaw assembly as the replaceable work part is slid onto the jaw in the front-rear direction, and
- wherein the second mounting leg defines a second recess, the second recess oriented to open towards the rear side of the replaceable work part, the second recess configured to receive a second mounting structure of the jaw as the replaceable work part is slid onto the jaw in the front-rear direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.