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US 2014/0360060 A1Published application
Wear member
AssigneeCaterpillar Inc.
InventorPhillip J. Kunz
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Abstract
A wear member including a body including a leg having an inner face and a first pocket formed in the inner face of the leg. A second pocket may be formed in the inner face of the leg and spaced apart from the first pocket by a passage extending between the first pocket and the second pocket in a direction parallel to a main axis of the body. The second pocket may include a curved abutment surface generally facing away from the first pocket.
Claims20
A wear member comprising:
- a body including a leg having an inner face;
- a first pocket formed in the inner face of the leg;
- a second pocket formed in said inner face and spaced apart from the first pocket by a passage extending between the first pocket and the second pocket in a direction parallel to a main axis of the body, the second pocket including a curved abutment surface generally facing away from the first pocket.
A wear member comprising:
- a first leg and second leg defining a slot therebetween and converging at a front end, the slot configured to receive a lip of a bucket and the first leg having an inner face defining a first pocket configured to receive a boss therein and a second pocket, the second pocket including a curved abutment surface generally facing the front end and having a width W3;
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- a partition between the first and second pockets, the partition defining a passage between the first pocket and second pocket, the passage having a width W4, wherein the ratio of the width W3 of the second pocket to the width W4 of the passage is greater than 2.0.
A wear member comprising:
- a front end defining a front edge;
- a first leg extending rearward from the front end;
- a second leg extending rearward from the front end and spaced from the first leg to define a slot therebetween;
- a first pocket formed in an inner face of the first leg;
- a second pocket a second pocket formed in said inner face and spaced from the first pocket along a main axis of the first leg, the second pocket including a curved abutment surface generally facing the front end, the curved abutment surface having a generally constant radius and extending greater than 180° around a center of the circle;
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- a partition between the first and second pockets, the partition defining a passage extending between the first pocket and second pocket.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.