Work tool
AssigneeCaterpillar Inc.
InventorGregory A. Seljestad
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Abstract
A work tool for a machine is provided including a laminated member having a plurality of layers of plates. Each plate is arranged in parallel to the other plates and has a face in contacting relation with an opposing face of an adjacent plate. Adjacent plates are secured together by welds along only a portion of an exterior surface of the laminated member. A plurality of pins hold together the plurality of layers of plates. Each pin is received in a respective opening that extends through each plate in the plurality of layers between opposing first and second surfaces of the laminated member.
Claims12
A work tool for a machine comprising:
- a laminated member including a plurality of plates, each plate of the plurality of plates being arranged in parallel and having a face in contacting relation with an opposing face of an adjacent plate;
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- a plurality of pins that hold together the plurality of plates, each pin being received in a respective opening that extends through each plate in the plurality of plates between opposing first and second surfaces of the laminated member, wherein the laminated member includes a lower leg having a forward end portion and a rear end portion and an upper leg having an upper end portion and a lower end portion, the lower end portion of the upper leg intersecting with the rear end portion of the lower leg, and wherein at least one pin extends through the upper leg and at least one pin extends through the lower leg.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.