Excavator boom extension
OwnerChad Coppersmithinventor
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Abstract
A pin-on boom extension system for an excavator including a top bar, a bottom boom tube adapted to receive a free end of the excavator boom, the bottom tube including a first aperture aligned with a second aperture, a first securing pin adapted to extend through the first aperture and the second aperture, a first pivot bar secured to the bottom boom tube and to the top bar, the second pivot bar having the first end secured to the bottom boom tube and a second end secured to the top bar, a first adjustment plate extending from the first side of the bottom boom tube to the second side of the bottom boom tube, and a second adjustment plate extending from the first side of the bottom boom tube to the second side of the bottom boom tube.
Claims19
A pin-on boom extension system for an excavator having a boom and an attachment, wherein the boom extension system comprises:
- a top bar having an attachment end and an opposing boom end;
- a bottom boom tube having an attachment end and an opposing boom end adapted to receive a free end of the boom, further comprising:
- a first aperture having a center and located on a first side of the bottom boom tube between a first end of a first pivot bar and the attachment end of the bottom boom tube, and
- a second aperture having a center located on a second side of the bottom boom tube between a first end of a second pivot bar and the attachment end of the bottom boom tube, and
- wherein the center of the first aperture is aligned with the center of the second aperture;
- a first securing pin adapted to extend through the first aperture of the bottom boom tube and the second aperture of the bottom boom tube;
- the first pivot bar having the first end secured to the first side of the boom end of the bottom boom tube and a second end secured to the boom end of the top bar;
- the second pivot bar having the first end secured to the second side of the boom end of the bottom boom tube and a second end secured to the boom end of the top bar;
- a first adjustment plate having a lower surface and an opposing upper surface, wherein the first adjustment plate is positioned at an upper portion of the bottom boom tube proximate the boom end and extending from the first side of the bottom boom tube to the second side of the bottom boom tube;
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- a second adjustment plate having a lower surface and an opposing upper surface positioned proximate the lower surface of the first adjustment plate, wherein the second adjustment plate is positioned at a lower portion of the bottom boom tube proximate the boom end and extending from the first side of the bottom boom tube to the second side of the bottom boom tube.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.