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US 12,000,120 B2Granted
Wear member, edge and process of installation
AssigneeEsco Group LLC
InventorsClinton A. Wood, Cameron R. Leedham
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Abstract
Shrouds are secured to earth-working edges of many kinds of earth working equipment to extend the service life of the equipment. The shrouds include opposed surfaces to define a cavity to receive the edge. Each of the opposed surfaces includes a recess to receive a boss on the edge, wherein the longitudinal axis of the recess on the first surface is angularly oriented in a lateral direction to the longitudinal axis of the recess on the second surface.
Claims5
A shroud for a lip of a bucket, the shroud comprising
- a front end,
- a rearward opening cavity to receive the lip such that the shroud overlies a portion of the lip, the cavity being defined by first and second opposed surfaces and a front surface extending between the first and second surfaces,
- a lock-receiving opening having an elongate configuration with a length along which a major axis extends, wherein the lock-receiving opening opens in the first surface, and the front surface and the major axis are generally parallel to each other, and
- a recess in the first surface to receive a boss on the lip, the recess including opposed side bearing surfaces that converge toward each other in a direction toward the front surface to bear against sides of the boss when the shroud is installed on the lip, wherein a longitudinal axis of the recess extends axially between the side bearing surfaces and is laterally inclined to a direction of installation of the shroud on the lip.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.