Point and adapter assembly
First Claim
1. A wear assembly for an excavator having a digging edge, the wear assembly comprising an adapter fixed to the excavator, a wear member, and a lock to secure the wear member to the adapter, the adapter and wear member having a nose and the having a socket for receiving the nose, the nose and the wear member each having converging walls converging toward a front end, and opposite sidewalls, one of the socket or nose including at least one rail extending from a sidewall thereof and oriented at the same general inclination as the converging walls, and the including at least one groove into which the rail is received, wherein the socket is defined by opposed converging surfaces each extending at an inclination to the longitudinal axis of the socket and by side surfaces wherein at least one said side surface includes a lateral surface between the converging surfaces as a part of the at least one groove to engage the rail, and wherein each said lateral surface faces toward one of the converging surfaces and extends generally in the same inclined direction relative to the longitudinal axis as the converging surface the lateral surface faces.
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Abstract
A wear assembly including an adapter, a wear member, and a lock to secure the wear member to the adapter, wherein the adapter and wear member include at least one rail and corresponding groove along the nose and socket connection that are oriented at the same general inclination as one of the converging walls of the nose.
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35 Claims
- 1. A wear assembly for an excavator having a digging edge, the wear assembly comprising an adapter fixed to the excavator, a wear member, and a lock to secure the wear member to the adapter, the adapter and wear member having a nose and the having a socket for receiving the nose, the nose and the wear member each having converging walls converging toward a front end, and opposite sidewalls, one of the socket or nose including at least one rail extending from a sidewall thereof and oriented at the same general inclination as the converging walls, and the including at least one groove into which the rail is received, wherein the socket is defined by opposed converging surfaces each extending at an inclination to the longitudinal axis of the socket and by side surfaces wherein at least one said side surface includes a lateral surface between the converging surfaces as a part of the at least one groove to engage the rail, and wherein each said lateral surface faces toward one of the converging surfaces and extends generally in the same inclined direction relative to the longitudinal axis as the converging surface the lateral surface faces.
- 18. A wear member for an excavator having a lip with a digging edge and a nose fixed to the lip projecting forward from the edge to a front end, the wear member comprising converging walls converging to form a narrow front end, sidewalls, and a socket defined by converging surfaces of the converging walls and side surfaces of the sidewalls, the converging surfaces converging toward the front end, the socket including at least one groove along one of the side surfaces for receiving a rail formed on the nose, and the groove being oriented in the same general inclination as one of the converging surfaces, wherein at least one said side surface includes a lateral surface between the converging surfaces to form part of the at least one groove to engage the corresponding rail, wherein each said lateral surface extends generally in the same inclined direction relative to the longitudinal axis of the socket as the converging surface that the lateral surface.
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32. A method for attaching a wear member to an excavator comprising:
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providing a nose fixed to the excavator and projecting forward from the digging edge to a front end, the nose having first end second walls converging toward the front end, and a pair of opposite sides interconnecting the first and second walls, each said side including a rail, a first one of the rails being oriented in the same general inclination as the first wall, end a second one of the rails being oriented in the same general inclination as the second wall, and each of the rails including an outer side face; providing a wear member including a socket having opposite converging surfaces and opposite side surfaces; placing the wear member over the nose such that the nose is received into the socket so that (i) the converging surfaces each engage one the first and second walls of the nose, (ii) the side surfaces each engage the outer side face of one of the rails, and (iii) the nose and wear member collectively define an opening; and
inserting a lock into the opening to secure the wear member to the nose. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35)
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