Patent ID: 9347478
Filing Date: 2016-05-24
CPC Classification: B02C,F16B,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A quick disconnect wear plate assembly for mounting on a substrate to be protected, the quick disconnect wear plate assembly comprising: a support plate having a first surface and an opposing second surface; a wear plate having a wear surface and an opposing attachment surface affixed to the first surface of the support plate, wherein the wear surface is a continuous, uninterrupted surface; a shaft having a base portion attached to the second surface of the support plate, a head portion distal from the base portion and a groove formed between the base portion and the head portion; and a retainer spring adapted to be removably mounted in the groove on the shaft, wherein the retainer spring includes a plurality of compressible tabs compressed radially inwardly to disengage from a bottom surface of the substrate and configured for releasably engaging the substrate to releasably attach the quick disconnect wear plate assembly to the substrate.