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US 2017/0105328 A1Published application
Caprock Shovel and Method of Manufacture
OwnerLoren Wischmeier, Nolan Bottorff +1inventors
InventorsLoren Wischmeier, Nolan Bottorff, Phil Miller
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Abstract
An improved caprock shovel design with a blade capable of enduring greater stresses than caprock shovel blades known to the art, and of more efficiently performing cutting or breaking tasks, and a cost-effective method of manufacturing the same.
Claims16
An improved caprock shovel comprising a stamped steel blade connected to a handle, wherein said blade comprises:
- (a) a ground contacting portion with a U-shaped profile;
- (b) a frog;
- (c) a shank adjacent to said frog;
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- (d) a socket adjacent to said shank.
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A method of manufacturing an improved caprock shovel, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing a rolled steel blank;
- (b) stamping said rolled steel blank into a caprock shovel blade, wherein said blade comprises
- (i) a ground contacting portion with a U-shaped profile;
- (ii) a frog;
- (iii) a shank adjacent to said frog;
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- (iv) a socket adjacent to said shank;
- (c) selecting a handle;
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- (d) connecting said handle to said socket.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.