Patent ID: 9565803
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: A01D,A01F,B23K,B65G,Y10T

Claim:
1. A machine part for agricultural, turf, mining or construction equipment for processing material, comprising: a body comprising a base material of a first hardness; a clad material deposited on the base material and forming at least one blunt edge along the body, the clad material comprising a second hardness greater than the first hardness; wherein the machine part includes a material thickness defined between two sides, the two sides defining width and length spans that are each at least 5 times or more than the material thickness, wherein a material thickness edge forms a periphery of the body and extends transversely between the two sides, and wherein the clad material is deposited on the material thickness edge; and wherein the clad material is deposited only upon the material thickness edge and not along either of the two sides.