Wear member, edge and process of installation
AssigneeEsco Group LLC
InventorsClinton A. Wood, Cameron R. Leedham
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Abstract
Shrouds are secured to earth-working edges of many kinds of earth working equipment to extend the service life of the equipment. The shrouds include opposed surfaces to define a cavity to receive the edge. Each of the opposed surfaces includes a recess to receive a boss on the edge, wherein the longitudinal axis of the recess on the first surface is angularly oriented in a lateral direction to the longitudinal axis of the recess on the second surface.
Claims14
1-19. (canceled)
A shroud for a bucket lip having a forward-facing leading surface, primary segments where the leading surface extends parallel to the width of the bucket, and transition segments where the leading surface is inclined to the primary segments, the shroud comprising
- a front end,
- a rearwardly-opening a cavity to receive the lip such that the shroud overlies a portion of the leading surface, the cavity including first and second opposed surfaces and a front surface extending between the first and second surfaces to oppose the leading surface, and
- a lock-receiving opening having an elongate configuration with a length along which a major axis extends, wherein the front surface and the major axis are generally parallel to the leading surface in the transition segment received in the cavity.
A lip assembly for an earth working bucket comprising:
- a lip having
- a forward-facing leading surface,
- primary segments where the leading surface extends parallel to the width of the bucket, and
- transition segments where the leading surface is inclined to the primary segments;
- and
- at least one shroud secured to a transition segment, the shroud including
- a front end,
- a rearwardly-opening a cavity to receive the lip such that the shroud overlies a portion of the leading surface, the cavity including first and second opposed surfaces and a front surface extending between the first and second surfaces to oppose the leading surface, and
- a lock-receiving opening having an elongate configuration with a length along which a major axis extends, wherein the front surface and the major axis are generally parallel to the leading surface in the transition segment received in the cavity.
32-44. (canceled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.