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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 1978
Filed:
Feb. 17, 1977
Robert L Dixon, Brea, CA (US);
William J Neilson, Whittier, CA (US);
Smith International, Inc., Newport Beach, CA (US);
Abstract
A cutter assembly for a rotary head of a drilling machine comprises a yoke having a base for attachment to the rotary head, a pair of legs depending from the base, and an asymmetrical mounting hole through each leg, the hole being aligned with each other. A load pin extends between the legs of the yoke with the load pin being disposed within the holes. To prevent wear of the yoke during drilling, a replaceable wear pad is provided for each end of the load pin. Each pad is disposed between the load pin and the portion of the periphery of a mounting hole closest to the base. Thus, each wear pad is positioned at the loaded portion of the periphery of a mounting hole. Each wear pad extends around from about 1/3 to about 1/2 the circumference of the load pin.