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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2023
Minetec S.a., Santiago, CL;
Bernardo Luis Vera Torres, Santiago, CL;
Claudio Devon Zamorano Jones, Santiago, CL;
Cristian Francisco Zaldívar Espinoza, Santiago, CL;
Minetec S.A., Santiago, CL;
Abstract
A snubber for an excavator bucket, comprising: a circular body with a chamber having circular side plates; a shaft mounted on the circular side plates by means of bearings; a vane on said shaft inside the chamber that rotates in solidarity with it, where the vane is in contact with the circular side plates; a sealing surface on the vane; a vane blade, inside the chamber, where the vane blade and the vane divide the chamber into a first sub chamber and a second sub chamber, wherein the vane comprises sealing means adjacent to each of the circular side plates of the chamber, in which the sealing means comprise sealing plates commanded by springs supported at one end to the sealing plates and at the other end to a surface of a housing of the vane, causing the sealing plates to be pressed permanently against the circular side plates.