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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2006
Applicants:
Larren F. Jones, Portland, OR (US);
Christopher M. Carpenter, Tualatin, OR (US);
David M. Graf, Scappoose, OR (US);
Inventors:
Larren F. Jones, Portland, OR (US);
Christopher M. Carpenter, Tualatin, OR (US);
David M. Graf, Scappoose, OR (US);
Assignee:
ESCO Corporation, Portland, OR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01B 15/00 (2006.01); A01B 15/10 (2006.01); A01B 23/00 (2006.01); A01B 31/00 (2006.01); E02F 9/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A wear assembly provided with a tapered opening and a complementary tapered lock wherein the lock can be pried into and from the opening to thereby eliminate the need for hammering. The lock is formed with a body and a latch that is movable between a hold position where the latch is engageable with a stop in the opening to releaseably retain the lock in the opening and a release position where the latch disengages the stop.