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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2013
Caterpillar Global Mining Llc, Oak Creek, WI (US);
David T. Bienfang, Racine, WI (US);
Gregory A. Gruber, Muskego, WI (US);
Caterpillar Global Mining LLC, Oak Creek, WI (US);
Abstract
A mining shovel includes a dipper having an inner surface, and a removable liner assembly coupled to the dipper and adjacent to the inner surface of the dipper. The removable liner assembly includes a first rail coupled to the dipper, a first liner segment disposed on the first rail and covering at least a portion of the first rail, and a second liner segment removably coupled to the first rail and covering at least one of a portion of the first liner segment and a portion of the first rail. The first rail is substantially covered by at least one of the first and second liner segments.