Adapter for cutting tooth
OwnerLaurent Denisinventor
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Abstract
An adapter for use in mounting a cutting tooth onto a mounting block. The adapter has two opposed sides with a first groove on one side for receiving a leading portion of the mounting block and a second groove on the other side opposite the one side for receiving a portion of the cutting tooth. The first and second grooves are aligned. The adapter has a fastening hole there through in the grooves, the hole transverse to the sides of the adapter. The fastening hole is used in fastening the tooth to the mounting block with the adapter sandwiched between the tooth and mounting block.
Claims17
An adapter for use in mounting a cutting tooth onto a mounting block, the adapter having two opposed sides with a first groove on one side for receiving a leading portion of the mounting block and a second groove on the other side opposite the one side for receiving a portion of the cutting tooth, the first and second grooves aligned;
- the adapter having a fastening hole there through in the grooves, the hole transverse to the sides, for use in fastening the tooth to the mounting block with the adapter sandwiched between.
A cutting tooth mounting assembly for a cutter having a cylindrical cutting head, the assembly having a mounting block with a bottom side for mounting against the surface of the cutting head and a front side;
- a plate-like cutting tooth having a mounting portion with a flat side and a cutting portion bent from one end of the mounting portion terminating in a cutting edge;
- an adapter having two opposed sides with a first groove on one side adapted to snugly receive a front portion of the block with the front side of the block against the bottom of the first groove and a second groove on the other side opposite the one side to snugly receive part of the mounting portion of the tooth with its flat side against the bottom of the second shallow groove;
- the grooves aligned to align the flat side of the tooth with the front side of the block;
- and a mounting bolt holding the tooth securely against the adapter and the adapter securely against the mounting block.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.