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US 2014/0231567 A1Published application
Wear pack for a demolition tool
AssigneeCaterpillar Work Tools B.V.
InventorJohannes Lambert Leonardus Van Gei
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Abstract
A wear pack is disclosed for shielding a front end of a jaw set of a demolition tool. The wear pack may have a position portion provided on a bracket member for the alignment thereof prior to mounting. The wear pack may have a force transfer portion provided on the bracket member for the transfer of demolition forces to the front end of the jaw. The positioning portion may be contiguous with the force transfer portion.
Claims15
A wear pack for a jaw of a demolition tool, the wear pack comprising:
- a wear member for shielding a front end of the jaw, the wear member having a contact surface to rest against the front end;
- and
- a bracket member projecting from the wear member for coupling the front end and having a mounting surface configured for mating to a reciprocal mounting surface on the front end,
- wherein the mounting surface comprises a positioning portion contiguous with the force transfer portion.
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A method of assembling a wear pack on a jaw of a demolition tool, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a wear member for shielding the front end of the jaw, the wear member having a contact surface to rest against the front end;
- providing a bracket member projecting from the wear member and having a mounting surface configured for mating a reciprocal mounting surface on the front end, the mounting surface having a positioning portion contiguous with a force transfer portion;
- and
- engaging the positioning portion to a reciprocal positioning portion on the reciprocal mounting surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.