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Locking device for excavating equipment

US4433496A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 14, 1983
Grant dateFeb 28, 1984
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Expiry dateMar 14, 2003

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T403/7079
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A locking device for securing a straddle-type adapter to the lip of an excavator wherein the C-clamp and wedge have cooperating arcuate surfaces and are bolted together whereby tightening the bolt moves the wedge on the arcuate surface of the C-clamp to tighten the fit of the adapter on the lip.

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