Lock assembly for securing a wear member to earth-working equipment
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1. A locking assembly for excavating equipment comprising:
- a base having an opening and a base surface within the opening; and
a locking element received into the opening and including a pivot member defining a pivot axis about which the locking element rotates between a hold position and a release position, and an outer edge generally opposite the pivot member that opposes the base surface when the locking element is in the hold position, the outer edge being defined relative to the pivot axis such that the outer edge pulls away from the base surface to create a gap along the entire base surface between the outer edge and the base surface when the locking element is rotated from the hold position toward the release position.
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Abstract
A locking assembly for retaining a wear member to excavating equipment has a locking element that is received into an opening in the assembly and is movable about a pivot axis in the opening between a hold position and a release position. The locking element has an outer edge that is generally opposite the pivot axis that opposes a base surface of the opening when the locking element is in the hold position. The outer edge is configured to pull away from the base surface when the locking element is rotated from the hold position toward the release position.
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1. A locking assembly for excavating equipment comprising:
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a base having an opening and a base surface within the opening; and a locking element received into the opening and including a pivot member defining a pivot axis about which the locking element rotates between a hold position and a release position, and an outer edge generally opposite the pivot member that opposes the base surface when the locking element is in the hold position, the outer edge being defined relative to the pivot axis such that the outer edge pulls away from the base surface to create a gap along the entire base surface between the outer edge and the base surface when the locking element is rotated from the hold position toward the release position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A locking assembly for excavating equipment comprising:
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a base having an opening defined by a base surface and at least one side surface; and a locking element received into the opening, the locking element including a pivot member defining a pivot axis about which the locking element rotates in the opening between a hold position and a release position, an outer edge generally opposite the pivot member that opposes the base surface when the locking element is in the hold position, and a pair of outer walls extending generally transverse to the pivot axis, at least one of the outer walls opposing the at least one side surface of the base when the locking element is in the hold position, and at least one of the outer edge and one of the outer walls being configured to pull away from the opposing one of the base surface and side surface of the base to create a gap along at least one of (i) the entire base surface between the outer edge and the base surface and (ii) the entire side surface between said at least one of the outer walls and said at least one side surface when the locking element is moved from the hold position toward the release position. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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- 20. A locking element for a wear assembly for excavating equipment, the locking element comprising a body, a pivot member defining a pivot axis about which the body rotates between a hold position and a release position, and an outer edge along the body adapted to set against a complementary base surface, the outer edge generally being opposite the pivot member and having a convex curve defined by a radius of curvature which has an origination point that is offset from the pivot axis such that when the locking element rotates about the pivot member from the hold position toward the release position the outer edge pulls away from the base surface to create a gap along the entire base surface between the outer edge and the base surface.
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