BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING
The above and other objects, features, and advantages will become more readily apparent from the following description, reference being made to the accompanying drawing in which:
FIG. 1
a is a perspective view of a demolition claw in fully assembled condition;
FIG. 1
b shows the same device in an exploded perspective view;
FIG. 2
a is a perspective view of a wear shoe attached to a double-wall jaw according to another design of the demolition claw according to the invention;
FIGS. 2
b and 2d are views showing a variations on the device according to the invention;
FIG. 2
d is a view like FIG. 2a showing another variation on the jaw according to the invention;
FIGS. 3
a and 3b are detail perspective views of wear shoes attached to a jaw according to further designs of the demolition claw according to the invention;
FIG. 3
c is a perspective view of the wear shoe of FIG. 3a;
FIG. 4 is a detail side view of another wear shoe attached to a jaw;
FIGS. 5 and 6 are views like FIGS. 3 and 4 of another variation on the jaw assembly;
FIGS. 7 and 8 are different views of a wear shoe on a closed-body jaw;
FIG. 9 is a view of only the wear shoe according to FIGS. 7 and 8; and
FIG. 10 is a bottom view showing a wear shoe having lateral contact surfaces.
SPECIFIC DESCRIPTION
As seen in FIG. 1a, a demolition claw has two jaws 10 and 11, the lower jaw 10 having two cheek plates 101 and 102 spaced along a pivot axis A from each other and connected by a transverse bar or member 103, although several such members 103 could be used. A wear shoe 20 is mounted on the inner face of the jaw 10. The jaw 11 has a closed design, and is provided as a support for a wear shoe 30 mounted on its inner face, that is its face turned toward the inner face of the jaw 10. In the illustrated embodiment, the upper jaw 11 is movable about axis A of the joint 12 so that at its inner face of the upper jaw can be moved in the direction toward and away from the inner face of the stationary lower jaw 10.
The wear shoe 20 has longitudinal members 201 and 202 that are connected to one another via transverse members 203, 204, and 205. The parallel cheeks 101 and 102 have inner support edges 104 and 105 that carry the longitudinal members 201 and 202, and that therefore form the respective inner support face.
According to the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 2a, two transverse bars 106 are provided between the cheeks 101 and 102 such that the inner faces of the bars 106 form a support surface for transverse members 204 and 205 of the shoe 20, whereas the longitudinal outer faces of the longitudinal members 201 and 202 rest on the inner support edges 104 and 105 of the respective cheek 101 and 102. The longitudinal members 201 and 202 for the wear shoe 20 also have as hook-shaped extensions 212 forming two grooves or recesses 215 that in the assembled condition engage with each tip of a cheek 101 and 102 of the jaw 10 or engage with projections or tips 107 of the cheek plates 101 and 102. The hook-shaped extensions 212 for the two longitudinal members 201 and 202 prevent relative motion of the wear shoe 20 in a longitudinal direction of the jaw 10 radially toward the axis A. Such movement, as well as longitudinal movement in the opposite direction, is also blocked by two pairs of fasteners or U-clips 210 that are fitted over the transverse members 204 and 205, the legs of the fasteners 210 flanking and extending past the transverse members 204 and 205 and resting against radial inner and outer faces of the transverse bars 106 of the jaw 10. Each of the U-shaped clips 210 is also secured by a transverse bolt 213 that connects the legs of the respective U-shaped clip 210 and fit through a hole in the respective transverse bar 106. This design also prevents the wear shoe from lifting up, i.e. undergoing relative inward motion with respect to the jaw 10, to prevent the longitudinal members 201 and 202 from losing contact with the support edges 104 and 105 of the cheeks 101 and 102.
FIGS. 2
b and 2c show an alternate embodiment of a demolition claw, in FIG. 2b a detailed perspective view from above and in FIG. 2c a detailed perspective view from below. The illustrated wear shoe 20 essentially corresponds to that in FIG. 2a, except that a web plate forms a transverse inwardly directed face 207 between the transverse members 204 and 205. A further difference from the embodiment according to FIG. 2a is that two U-shaped fasteners 210 are mounted from below on a transverse bar 106 of the jaw 10, the legs of the U-shaped clips 210 flanking the transverse bar 106 and resting on either side of the transverse member 205. For fixing the position, the two legs of each U-shaped clip 210 are connected by a respective transverse bolt 213 that is guided through a hole in the transverse member 205. Thus, as in the preceding embodiment any relative motion of the wear shoe 20 with respect to the jaw 10 is blocked.
FIG. 2
d shows a further embodiment of the invention. The wear shoe 20 also has transverse members 203, 204 and 205 between the longitudinal members 201 and 202, but additional transverse bars 106 between the cheeks 101 and 102 of the jaw 10 are omitted. For fixing the position, once again two U-clips 210 are used, each of which is mounted on a longitudinal member 201 and 202. The two legs of each clip 210 flank the longitudinal members 201 and 202, and in this case rest on either side of the cheeks 101 and 102. The cheeks 101 and 102 each have a hole through which a transverse bolt 213 connecting the two legs of a U-shaped clip 210 is inserted.
As previously shown in FIGS. 1a and 1b, according to one preferred illustrated embodiment the support edges 104 and 105 are also bridged by a transverse metal sheet 106′ that is wider at both ends at the support edges 104 and 105 than in the middle. Complementary to the height and width of the transverse metal sheet, each of the longitudinal members 201 and 202 has a recess 206 that according to the illustration in FIG. 3a is matched to the dimensions of the transverse metal sheet 106′, thereby blocking relative motion in the longitudinal direction of the cheek 101 or 102. The wear shoe 20 also has an additional transverse face 207 having two pairs of openings 208 and 209 through which the legs of U-shaped clips 210, which for a wear shoe 20 mounted on the support edges 104 and 105 of the cheek are located on both sides of the transverse bar 106, may be inserted. On its upper side the wear shoe 20 also has teeth 211 that project past the transverse members 203, 204, and 205 as well as the inserted U-shaped clip (see FIG. 1a). Hooks 212 that form grooves and that in each case engage with a projection 107 of the cheeks 101 and 102 are primarily used for locking the wear shoe 20. After the wear shoe has been pushed and pivoted into the position illustrated in FIG. 3a or 3b, the longitudinal members 201 and 202 rest against the faces 104 and 105, and in the design in FIG. 3a rest against the ends on both sides of the transverse metal sheet 106′. The U-shaped clips 210 are then inserted into the openings 208, 209, after which the bolts 213 are pushed through the holes 214 and at that location are locked by means of lock nuts as shown in FIG. 3c. The free legs of the U-shaped clip thus engage the transverse metal sheet 106′, so that the wear shoe 20 cannot be displaced in either toward or away from the axis A. A U-clip 210 having two holes 214 through which the bolts 213 are likewise inserted is used for fixing in the horizontal direction; i.e. the holes 214 must be brought into an overlapping position with the corresponding holes in the transverse bar 106 with a crosspiece 218 of the clip 210 resting on the bar 106.
The advantage of the previously described design, as well as in the design according to FIGS. 2b and 2c, is that the fastening and locking means, namely, the U-shaped clips 210 and the bolts 213, are protected, i.e. completely or at least partially beneath the transverse face 207, and are subjected to no significant contact with whatever the demolition clip is being used on. All forces act on the wear shoe 20, which as the result of being supported on the faces 104 and 105 directly transmits the forces.
Also included within the scope of the present invention are embodiments in which, instead of a projection 107, the tips of the jaws 101 and 102 are fitted in recesses in a wear shoe 20. It is also possible to mount an additional transverse bar or transverse member at the tip of the two cheeks 101 and 102, which then fits in a long complementary comes of the wear shoe 20. The projections 107 as well as the recess or groove prevent the wear shoe from moving toward the axis A.
Since movement of the wear shoe 20 toward the axis A is also blocked by inserting the U-clips 210 corresponding to FIGS. 2a through 2d and 3a through 3c (in FIG. 2d by supporting the U-shaped clips 210 on the toothed projections 211), a full positive fit of the tip of the cheek 101 and 102, or the projection 107 provided thereon, with the groove-shaped recesses 215 of the hooks 212 of the longitudinal members 201 and 202 is not necessary. Thus, according to a further preferred embodiment (FIG. 4), in the installed state the hook-shaped extensions 212 of the longitudinal members 201 and 202 engage with the tips of the cheeks 101 and 102 or the projections 107 provided thereon in such a way that the wear shoe 20 is prevented from lifting up in the front region that is the part furthest from the axis A. Relative motion in the longitudinal direction with respect to the rotary joint 12 is blocked by the mutually contacting stop surfaces or abutment shoulders 219 (for the wear shoe 20) and 113 (for the cheeks 101 and 102).
While the wear shoe 20 is prevented from lifting up at the tip as the result of the hook design in the front region, the wear shoe 20 is prevented from lifting up in the rear region by the engaging bolts 213 (illustrated embodiment according to FIGS. 2a through 2d and 3a through 3c). The wear shoe 20 thus projects beyond the tip or encloses same so that the tip of the jaw 10 is securely protected against wear. Forces acting perpendicular to the direction of the jaw 10 are directly transmitted by the wear shoe 20 to the cheeks 101 and 102. The transverse metal sheet 106′ located inside the recess 206 (illustrated embodiment according to FIGS. 1a, 1b and 3a, 3c) is optionally used as a further means for preventing longitudinal displacement in the direction of the tip toward the jaw 10. The hook-shaped recesses on the wear shoe in conjunction with the projections 107, as well as the faces of the transverse metal sheet 106′ and the recess 206 and the transverse bars 204 and 205, are designed such that the wear shoe may be pivoted slightly about the projection 107 for disassembly, or for assembly may be correspondingly pivoted in until the longitudinal faces of the wear shoe come to rest on the edges 104 and 105. The number of transverse members 203, 204, and 205 may also be smaller or greater than illustrated in the illustrated embodiment, depending essentially on the length and the width of the face to be protected. For crushers, however, it is important for free space to remain between the two cheeks 101 and 102 through which particles of the crushed material can fall. Longitudinal profiles having an expanded head may also be used instead of the U-shaped profile 210.
The U-shaped clip 210 can also carry a wear tooth projecting away from the jaw. FIGS. 7 through 9 show that on the jaw 11, which is designed as a closed profile, a wear shoe 30 is used that has hook-shaped extensions 301 that each form a recess in which the respective tip 111 of the jaw fits. The jaw 11 also has a center plate or rib 110 in addition to two hooks 112 that engage over a base plate 303 of the wear shoe 30 (see FIG. 9) at the rear end. Motions in the longitudinal direction of the jaw 11 as well as perpendicular to the support edges, i.e. perpendicular to the base profile, are thus blocked by the hooks 112 and the hooks 301. The wear shoe 30 also has a center recess that corresponds in width to the center rib 110 (see FIG. 8). FIGS. 1 and 2 also show how a U-shaped clip 31 at the end facing the jaw 10 is designed as a wear tooth 32. The wear tooth 32 projects beyond the teeth 302 on the top side of the wear shoe 30. In the installed state, at a contact surface facing the jaw 11, the tooth 32 rests against the base profile 303 of the wear shoe. Also used for securing the wear shoe is the U profile 31, that has two holes 34 through which a bolt 35 may be passed as well as through similar holes in the jaw 11. The U-shaped clip 31 passes through the opening 36 and rests against inner contact surfaces of the jaw 11, thereby also blocking transverse motions transverse to the longitudinal axis of the jaw 11.
Motion in the plane of the support edges parallel to the rotational axis is prevented by the fact that outer faces of the wear shoe rest against inner faces of the jaw 11. Inner faces of the longitudinal members of the wear shoe may also engage with outer faces of the cheeks.
In FIG. 10, faces 217 are illustrated that in the installed state come to rest against the inner sides of the cheeks 101 and 102. A face 217 may also be provided in the region of the hooks so that the projections 107 form the complementary face on the jaw side. Thus, U-clips only prevent the wear shoe from lifting up or pivoting; all other movement blocked by means of contacting faces between the wear shoe and the cheeks or transverse bar.
The wear shoes 20, 30 may be economically manufactured as forged or cast parts, or also as simple welded assemblies.
Patent Application
20070245568
