Mobile wood and tire shear

• US 5,142,779 A
• Filed: 12/02/1991
• Issued: 09/01/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 12/02/1991
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: LaBounty Manufacturing Incorporated
• Original Assignee: LaBounty Manufacturing Incorporated
• Inventors: LaBounty, Roy E.
• Primary Examiner(s): BRAY, WAYMOND D
• Application Number:
  US07/801,696
• Time in Patent Office: 274 Days
• Field of Search: 30/134, 30/228, 30/231, 30/266, 30/92, 83/694, 37/2 R, 37/117 S, 144/2 N, 144/34 R, 144/34 E
• US Class Current: 30/134
• CPC Class Codes: B23D 17/00 Shearing machines or shearing devices cutting by blades pivoted on a single axis on an axis parallel to the blade B23D15/10; hand-held devices B23D29/00
• CPC Class Codes: B23D 35/002 Means for mounting the cutting members
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 3/965 of metal-cutting or concrete-crushing implements shearing devices B23D17/00; wrecking of buildings, e.g. tools therefor, E04G23/08
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 83/9447 Shear type

Abstract

A heavy duty mobile wood and tire shear having a lower stationary jaw rigidly attachable to the dipper stick of a hydraulic excavator. The lower jaw has a forwardly extending face plate for receiving and supporting the workpiece with two forwardly extending tines. An upper C-shaped swingable jaw is pivotally mounted to the lower jaw and connected to the hydraulic cylinder of the dipper stick. The swingable jaw has a cutting blade with a knife-like edge. The upper jaw swings between open and closed positions relative to the lower jaw as to bring the cutting blade down upon the face plate as to penetrate and shear through wood. Shearing blades are releasably affixable along the knife-like edge of the cutting blade and along the face plate as to bring the shearing blades into shearing relation as the upper jaw approaches the closed position as to also shear through tires.

Claims

1. A heavy duty mobile shear for workpieces, such as wood, for connection to the dipper stick and hydraulic cylinder of a mobile machine such as a hydraulic excavator, comprising:

(a) a lower stationary jaw rigidly attachable to the dipper stick having a forwardly extending face plate for receiving and supporting the workpiece with two tines extending forwardly from the face plate; and

(b) an upper C-shaped swingable jaw having a cutting blade with a knife-like edge, the upper jaw being pivotally mounted to the lower jaw and connected to the hydraulic cylinder as to swing the upper jaw between opened and closed positions relative to the lower jaw and to bring the cutting blade down upon the face plate as to penetrate and shear through wood.

2. The shear of claim 1 further comprising releasable mounting means for affixing a first shearing blade along the knife-like edge of the cutting blade and for affixing a second shearing blade along the face plate as to bring the shearing blades into shearing relation as the upper jaw approaches the closed position as to shear through tires.

3. The shear of claim 2, wherein the shearing blades are reversible with two cutting edges for extended use.

4. The shear of claim 2, wherein the releasable mounting means comprise apertures through the shearing blades, the cutting blade and into the face plate adapted to receive bolts to releasably mount the shearing blades.

5. The shear of claim 4, further comprising a key between the second shearing blade and the face plate.

6. The shear of claim 1, further comprising, a first shearing blade releasably affixable along the knife-like edge of the cutting blade and a second shearing blade releasably affixable along the face plate as to bring the shearing blades into shearing relation as the upper jaw approaches the closed position as to also shear through tires.

7. The shear of claim 6 wherein the shearing blades are reversible with two cutting edges for extended use.

8. The shear of claim 6, wherein the releasable mounting means comprises apertures through the shearing blades, the cutting blade and into the face plate adapted to receive bolts to releasably mount the shearing blades.

9. The shear of claim 8, further comprising a key between the second shear blade and the face plate.

10. The shear of claim 1 further comprising a nose tine on the upper jaw and a slot between the two tines of the lower jaw for receiving the nose tine.

11. The shear of claim 10 further comprising guide means extending from the face plate into the slot adjacent one tine for guiding engagement with the nose tine on the upper C-shaped jaw as the upper jaw swings from opened to closed positions.

12. The shear of claim 1, further comprising a stiff leg extending from the lower jaw to the dipper stick.

13. The shear of claim 1, wherein the upper jaw has a pair of pivotally mounted ears rearwardly mounted thereto for connection to an attachment-cylinder linkage group which is further connected to the hydraulic cylinder.

14. The shear of claim 1, further comprising an upper jaw cutting blade relief groove in the face plate.

15. A heavy duty mobile wood and tire workpiece shear for connection to the dipper stick and hydraulic cylinder of a mobile machine such as a hydraulic excavator, comprising:

(a) a lower stationary jaw rigidly attachable to the dipper stick having a forwardly extending face plate for receiving and supporting the workpiece;

(b) an upper C-shaped swingable jaw having a cutting blade with a knife-like edge, the upper jaw being pivotally mounted to the lower jaw and connected to the hydraulic cylinder as to swing the upper jaw between opened and closed positions relative to the lower jaw and to bring the cutting blade down upon the face plate as to penetrate and shear through wood; and

(c) a first shearing blade releasably affixable along the knife-like edge of the cutting blade and a second shearing blade releasably affixable along the face plate as to bring the shearing blades into shearing relation as the upper jaw approaches the closed position as to also shear through tires.

16. The shear of claim 15 further comprising releasable mounting means for affixing the first shearing blade along the knife-like edge of the cutting blade and for affixing the second shearing blade along the face plate as to bring the shearing blades into shearing relation as the upper jaw approaches the closed position as to shear through tires.

17. The shear of claim 16, wherein the releasable mounting means comprise apertures through the shearing blades, the cutting blade and into the face plate adapted to receive bolts to releasably mount the shearing blades.

18. The shear of claim 15 wherein the shearing blades are reversible with two cutting edges for extended use.

19. The shear of claim 15, further comprising a key between the second shear blade and the face plate.

20. The shear of claim 15 further comprising a nose tine on the upper jaw and a slot between the two tines of the lower jaw for receiving the nose tine.

21. The shear of claim 20 further comprising guide means extending from the face plate into the slot adjacent tone tine for guiding engagement with the nose from opened to closed positions.

22. The shear of claim 15, further comprising a stiff leg extending from the lower jaw to the dipper stick.

23. The shear of claim 15, wherein the upper jaw has a pair of pivotally mounted ears rearwardly mounted thereto for connection to an attachment-cylinder linkage group which is further connected to the hydraulic cylinder.

24. The shear of claim 15, further comprising an upper jaw cutting blade relief groove in the face plate.

25. A heavy duty mobile shear for workpieces, such as wood, for connection to the dipper stick and hydraulic cylinder of a mobile machine such as a hydraulic excavator, comprising:

(a) a lower stationary jaw rigidly attachable to the dipper stick having a forwardly extending face plate for receiving and supporting the workpiece with two tines extending forwardly from the face plate with a slot therebetween;

(b) an upper C-shaped swingable jaw having a nose tine and a cutting blade with a knife-like edge, the upper jaw being pivotally mounted to the lower jaw and connected to the hydraulic cylinder as to swing the upper jaw between opened and closed positions relative to the lower jaw and to bring the nose tine into the slot and the cutting blade down upon the face plate as to penetrate and shear through wood; and

(c) a reversible first shearing blade releasably affixable along the knife-like edge of the cutting blade and a reversible second shearing blade releasably affixable along the face plate as to bring the shearing blades into shearing relation as the upper jaw approaches the closed position as to also shear through tires.

26. The shear of claim 25, further comprising apertures through the shearing blades, the cutting blade and into the face plate adapted to receive bolts to releasably mount the shearing blades.

27. The shear of claim 25, further comprising a key between the second shearing blade and the face plate.

28. The shear of claim 25 further comprising guide means extending from the face plate into the slot adjacent one tine for guiding engagement with the nose tine on the upper C-shaped jaw as the upper jaw swings from opened to closed positions.

29. The shear of claim 25, further comprising a tiff leg extending from the lower jaw to the dipper stick.

30. The shear of claim 25, wherein the upper jaw has a pair of pivotally mounted ears rearwardly mounted thereto for connection to an attachment-cylinder linkage group which is further connected to the hydraulic cylinder.

31. The shear of claim 25 further comprising an upper jaw cutting blade relief groove in the face plate.

32. A heavy duty mobile shear for workpieces, such as wood, tires and the like, for connection to the dipper stick and hydraulic cylinder of a mobile machine such as a hydraulic excavator, comprising:

(a) a lower stationary jaw rigidly attachable to the dipper stick having a forwardly extending face plate for receiving and supporting the workpiece with two tines extending forwardly from the face plate with a slot therebetween;

(b) an upper C-shaped swingable jaw having a nose tine and cutting blade with a knife-like edge, the upper jaw being pivotally mounted to the lower jaw and connected to the hydraulic cylinder as to swing the upper jaw between opened and closed positions relative to the lower jaw and to bring the nose tine into the slot and the cutting blade down upon the face plate as to penetrate and shear through wood;

(c) releasable mounting means for affixing a first shearing blade along knife-like edge of the cutting blade and for affixing a second shearing blade along the face plate as to bring the shearing blades into shearing relation as the upper jaw approaches the closed position as to shear through the tires; and

(d) guide means extending from the face plate into the slot guide adjacent one tine for guiding engagement with the nose tine on the upper C-shaped jaw as the upper jaw swings from opened to closed positions.