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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:
Dec. 22, 1992
Filed:
Oct. 15, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Sherlock K Pippins, Longview, TX (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E02F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
3714 / ; 3714 / ; 299 91 ;
Abstract
A tooth assembly for mounting on the tooth horns of excavating or levelling apparatus buckets, shovels or alternative digging mechanisms. The tooth assembly includes a wedge-shaped adapter shaped for seating on the tooth horn, a tooth point transversely slidably engaging and bolted or otherwise locked to the adapter for engaging the material to be excavated and top and bottom wear caps also transversely slidably engaging and bolted to the adapter adjacent to the tooth point, for extending the life of the tooth assembly in the excavating or levelling operation.