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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 11, 1995
Larren F Jones, Aloha, OR (US);
Robert K Emrich, Tigard, OR (US);
Esco Corporation, Portland, OR (US);
Abstract
An excavating tooth for attachment to the digging edge of excavating equipment includes a wear member provided with bearing faces in a socket which extend substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the tooth. The bearing faces are formed to widen significantly as they extend rearward to provide broad bearing surfaces at the rear ends of the wear member. The bearing faces are placed between the converging walls and the side walls of the socket at obtuse angles thereto to avoid areas of stress concentration. The bearing faces are further formed in a plurality of tiers to provide enhanced resistance to vertically applied loads at the front end of the member. The wear members are further secured to the adapter by locks which ease installation and removal of the wear members.