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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:
Jan. 23, 2007
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2002
Applicants:
Charles G. Ollinger, Iv, Aloha, OR (US);
Noah D. Cowgill, Portland, OR (US);
Inventors:
Charles G. Ollinger, IV, Aloha, OR (US);
Noah D. Cowgill, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
Esco Corporation, Portland, OR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E02F 9/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An assembly for mounting an excavating tooth particularly suited for a dredge cutterhead includes a base, an adapter, and a lock. The base includes a convex, curved bearing surface that abuts a concave, curved bearing surface on the adapter. The curved bearing surfaces are able to maintain substantially full contact with each other under transverse loading.