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Excavating tooth

  • US 5,709,043 A
  • Filed: 12/11/1995
  • Issued: 01/20/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/11/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An excavating tooth comprising:

  • an adapter having a rear base end for fixed engagement to a digging edge of an excavator, and a forwardly projecting nose;

    a wear member having a longitudinal axis, a forward end and a rearwardly opening socket for receiving said nose of said adapter, said socket being defined by a pair of converging walls tapering toward said forward end, a pair of side walls, a plurality of first bearing faces extending substantially parallel to said longitudinal axis, and a plurality of second bearing faces extending substantially parallel to said longitudinal axis, said first bearing faces being spaced farther from said longitudinal axis than said second bearing faces, and each said first bearing face being located between one of said converging walls and one of said side walls; and

    a lock for releasably securing said wear member to said adapter.

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