Wear plate
AssigneeBrian Investments Pty Ltd
InventorBrian Davies
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Abstract
A wear plate system comprises whole hexagonal plates configured to tessellate with each other, part plates which are derived from respective whole plates, and second triangular plates. The plates are provided with holes to receive fasteners for securing the plates to a structure. The holes are located in the plates in a configuration such that when the plates are tessellated to form a substantially continuous lining, the holes form a repeating pattern. The second plates are configured to facilitate the formation of straight edges on the lining to match an edge of a structure to which the lining is attached.
Claims15
A wear plate configured in the shape of a polygon, capable of tessellating in a first pattern with other wear plates of the same shape;
- and, provided with at least one hole for receiving a fastener for securing the wear plate to a structure, the at least one hole positioned to form a second pattern with other holes of the other wear plates when the other wear plates are arranged in the first pattern, where the first pattern is different to the second pattern.
A method of constructing a materials handling structure through which abrasive materials pass, the structure having one or more sides to which a plurality of wear plates is to be attached, the method comprising:
- forming a plurality of wear plates comprising one or more whole plates and one or more part plates, wherein each whole plate is formed with:
- uniform shape and dimension and configured to enable the plates to tessellate in a first pattern;
- and, a plurality of holes through which respective fasteners can pass, and wherein the or each part plates is formed by cutting a whole plate in a manner where each part plate includes at least one side that incorporates a portion of a side of a whole plate and at least one of the holes of a whole plate;
- dimensioning the or each side of the structure to have a length and a height sufficient to accommodate at least one of the whole plates;
- forming the or each side of the structure with a plurality of holes for receiving fasteners at locations that register with holes in the whole plates and the part plates when the whole plates and part plates are arranged in the first pattern;
- and
- covering the or each side with the whole plates and part plates arranged in the first pattern to form a substantially continuous wear plate lining and fastening the plates to the side by fasteners that pass through holes in the plates and the holes in the side of the structure.
A method lining a side of a structure with a plurality of wear plates, the method comprising:
- providing a plurality of whole wear plates wherein the whole wear plates are of uniform shape and dimension and configured to enable tessellation in a first pattern, the wear plates dimensioned so that at least one whole plate can fit on the side, the whole plates being provided with a plurality of holes through which respective fasteners can pass to fix the wear plates to the structure, the holes being arranged in a second pattern;
- determining an area between an outer edge of the whole plates when tessellated on the side to form a partial wear plate lining and adjacent edges of the side of the structure being covered with wear plates, the area being dimensioned so that a whole wear plate can not fit in any location in the area:
- cutting one or more part plates from one or more of the whole plates capable of at least partially covering the area when tessellated with the whole plates, wherein each part plate is cut with at least one side incorporating a portion of the side of the whole plate and at least one of the holes of the whole plate;
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- covering the side of the structure with the whole plates and part plates to produce a substantially continuous wear plate lining of whole and part plates tessellated in the first pattern;
- and,
- attaching the plates to the surface with mechanical fasteners.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.