Patent ID: 9415395
Filing Date: 2016-08-16
CPC Classification: B02C,B23P,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A system for fastening a wear plate comprising: a wear plate for mounting to the inside of a grinding mill; an elongate coupling member for inserting through a void in a wall of the grinding mill, the elongate coupling member having a first threaded end for securing to the wear plate and a second end for securing to the grinding mill wall; a nut retained within an open ended cavity disposed in a mill wall confronting surface of the wear plate and arranged to threadingly receive the first threaded end of the elongate coupling member for securing thereto, wherein the nut has an adjustable pivotable orientation within the cavity for facilitating the threaded reception of the first threaded end of the elongate coupling member and wherein when the first threaded end is secured to the nut the elongate coupling member is arranged to pivot by at least +/−5 angle degrees with respect to the mill wall confronting surface.