Concrete crusher with cutting shears

• US 5,704,560 A
• Filed: 07/09/1996
• Issued: 01/06/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 02/15/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Wimmer Hartstahl GmbH & Co. KG
• Original Assignee: Wimmer Hartstahl GmbH & Co. KG
• Inventors: Wimmer, Alois
• Primary Examiner(s): Howell, Daniel W.
• Assistant Examiner(s): KROLIKOWSKI, JULIE
• Application Number:
  US08/677,133
• Time in Patent Office: 546 Days
• Field of Search: 241/101.73, 241/101.01, 241/266, 241/262, 241/264, 30/134
• US Class Current: 241/266
• 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: E04G 2023/086 of tanks, reservoirs or the like
• CPC Class Codes: E04G 23/08 Wrecking of buildings of fences E04H17/26; Demolition agents based on cementitious or like materials C04B41/0009
• CPC Class Codes: E04G 23/082 using shears, breakers, jaws and the like metal-cutting or concrete-crushing implements mounted on backhoes E02F3/965

Abstract

A concrete crusher has cutting shears with a first cutting arm forming an additional arm on one of the jaws of the breaker tongs and a second cutting arm rigidly joined to the frame of the concrete crusher. An hydraulic piston/cylinder unit drives the jaws such that the first cutting arm is in an open position relative to the second cutting arm when the jaws are in an open position.

Claims

1. A concrete crusher with cutting shears, comprising:

a frame rotatably mountable on an excavator boom receptacle;

jaws defining concrete breaker tongs pivotally mounted on said frame;

an hydraulic piston/cylinder unit drivably connected to said jaws;

a first cutting arm of the cutting shears distinct from and rigidly joined to one of said jaws, and a second cutting arm of the cutting shears rigidly joined to said frame;

said first cutting arm being disposed as an additional arm on one of said jaws of said concrete breaker tongs such that, when said first cutting arm is in an open position relative to said second cutting arm, said breaker tongs are in an open position as well.

2. The concrete crusher according to claim 1, wherein said first cutting arm of the cutting shears is integrally formed with said one jaw of the concrete breaker tongs.

3. The concrete crusher according to claim 1, wherein said first and second cutting arms define an opening of the cutting shears, the opening being oriented approximately transversely to an opening of the breaker tongs.

4. A concrete crusher assembly, comprising:

a frame to be mounted on an excavator boom receptacle;

a concrete crusher formed by two jaws pivotally mounted on said frame;

an hydraulic piston/cylinder unit attached to said jaws for pivoting said jaws;

cutting shears formed by a first cutting arm distinct from and rigidly joined to one of said jaws, and by a second cutting arm rigidly joined to said frame;

whereby said cutting shears are in an open position when said jaws of said concrete crusher are in an open position, and said cutting shears are closed when said jaws of said concrete crusher are closed.