HAMMER FOR ROTARY IMPACT CRUSHER

• US 20070114313A1
• Filed: 11/21/2006
• Published: 05/24/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 11/21/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Brook Knotts
• Original Assignee: Brook Knotts
• Inventors: Knotts, Brook
• Granted Patent: US 7,494,080 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 241/197
• CPC Class Codes: B02C 13/2804 the beater elements being rigidly connected to the rotor

Abstract

An impact hammer mountable to the drum of a rotary crusher employs an attachment bolt having a tapered head which is wedged into a tapered socket in the impact hammer body. A “supernut” is used to secure the bolt to the rotary drum. The supernut is tightened against the rotary shear head until it is snug. Then, threaded locking posts, which pass through the periphery of the supernut, are tightened repeatedly, thereby applying a great deal of tension the bolt shank and effectively stretching it. Any shocks applied to the impact hammer will drive the tapered head of the bolt deeper into the socket of the hammer body block, resulting in the maintenance of a secure hammer-to-drum union. The hammer body also has tungsten carbide chips embedded in a hardfacing material that is applied to the wear surfaces of the hammer.

Claims

1. An impact hammer assembly mountable on the drum of a rotary crusher, said impact hammer comprising:

a body block having at least one tungsten carbide crusher insert welded thereto, said body block also having a generally cylindrical mounting post, said mounting post having a cylindrical aperture and a tapered socket which are adjoining and axially aligned;

a drum attachment bolt having a shank insertable through the cylindrical aperture and a tapered head which is wedged into the tapered socket with an interference fit, said shank passing through a portion of the drum; and

a supernut having an annular component threadably securable to a lower portion of said shank, said annular component having a plurality of threaded apertures, each of which has an axis which is parallel to a major central axis of the supernut, said supernut also having a plurality of threaded locking posts, each of which threadably engages a threaded aperture, said plurality of threaded being individually tightenable to tension and stretch the shank of said bolt.

2. The impact hammer assembly of claim 1, which further comprises a layer of tungsten carbide particles embedded in a hard-facing weldment layer applied to wear surfaces on said body block.

3. The impact hammer assembly of claim 2, wherein said hard-facing weldment layer comprises chromium, molybdenum, nickel and steel.

4. The impact hammer assembly of claim 2, wherein said mounting post extends from a planar mounting surface.

5. The impact hammer assembly of claim 2, which further comprises a flat washer sized to slide over said shank and positionable between said supernut and said body block.

6. The impact hammer assembly of claim 5, wherein said supernut has eight threaded locking posts, all of which are individually tightenable against said washer using a specified tightening sequence.

7. The impact hammer assembly of claim 1, wherein said shank is sufficiently stretched so that said tapered head will continue to work its way into the tapered socket during the expected life of the hammer.