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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2011
Daniel Freund, Gailes, AU;
Mark Hurley, Mount Gravatt, AU;
David Hoad, Westend, AU;
Matthew Reushle, Forest Lake, AU;
Daniel Freund, Gailes, AU;
Mark Hurley, Mount Gravatt, AU;
David Hoad, Westend, AU;
Matthew Reushle, Forest Lake, AU;
Bradken Resources Pty Limited, Mayfield West, AU;
Abstract
A wear assembly for attachment to a digging device, the wear assembly comprising: a wear member arranged to be assembled with the digging device in an assembled condition; and a lock mounted to the digging device, the lock adjustable between an extended configuration and a retracted configuration, the lock comprising at least one locking element that projects outwardly from its mounting in the extended configuration of the lock and is operative to be displaced inwardly from the extended configuration towards its mounting to adopt the retracted configuration of the lock; wherein, with the wear member in the assembled condition with the digging device, movement of the at least one locking element from the extended configuration towards the retracted configuration causes the wear member to be locked to the digging device in the assembled condition.