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US 3,942,838 AGranted
Bit coupling means
AssigneeJoy Manufacturing Company
InventorsEdward A. Bailey, Rene Pertusio, George A. Hibbard
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Abstract
A rock hammer and more particularly a rock hammer having thereon improved means for securing a cutting or breaking bit assembly thereto.
Claims11
In a coupling assembly for coupling a working member in coaxial alignment with an elongated force transmitting member, the improvement comprising:
- rigid means adapted to receive portions of said members within respective axial end portions thereof and cooperable with respective adjacent peripheral surfaces of said members to maintain said coaxial alignment;
- locking means having an internal portion thereof cooperable with an adjacent external portion of said force transmitting member to provide a selectively adjustable circumferential alignment therebetween;
- and securing means cooperable with portions of said rigid means and said locking means to positively maintain said selectively adjustable circumferential alignment and to maintain a circumferential alignment between said rigid means and said locking means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.