Ore screening panel frame cover

Abstract

An ore screening deck frame system which consists of a machine frame having a machine attachment portion and a panel attachment portion having holes spaced along the length there of and a cover which is adapted to extend parallel to the panel attachment support portion has dependent edge skirts that depend below the surface of the panel attachment support portion and also has dependent tubular bosses spaced to fit in the holes of said panel attachment support portion. The frame is made from an inverted L section steel frame member with the upper flange providing the panel attachment support portion. The cover is molded from polyurethane or rubber and encloses the upper flange. The tubular bosses extend from recesses in the surface of the cover and the recesses incorporate an annular shoulder that corresponds to the top of the tubular bosses. The tubular bosses are adapted to receive fastening pins that extend into the bosses and end below the lower surface of the upper flange.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.