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US 6,079,082 AGranted
Gin rib
AssigneeContinental Eagle Corporation
InventorsEdward Michael Riter, Frank R. Clark, Jr.
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Abstract
A removable wear finger or plate is held in position on a gin rib by a machine screw on one end passing through a bore in the wear finger and an overlying cantilever retainer lip on an opposite end. The screw when tightened urges the wear finger toward the cantilever retainer lip.
Claims12
A gin rib comprising a main rib component having upper and lower ends and an outer support surface adjacent a wear prone area;
- a sacrificial wear finger having upper and lower ends and being removably mountable on said outer support surface so as to permit removal and replacement of said wear finger when desired, first retaining means engageable with one end of said wear finger for retaining said one end of said wear finger on said outer support surface and a second retainer means engageable with the other end of said wear finger for retaining said other end of said wear finger on said outer support surface and for moving said wear finger longitudinally along said outer support surface toward and into snug contact with said first retaining means on said support surface so as to provide secure retention of said wear finger on said support surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.