Patent ID: 9623419
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: B02C

Claim:
1. A vertical shaft impact (VSI) crusher for crushing material, the VSI crusher comprising: a rotor having a vertical rotor wall, the rotor wall having an outflow opening; and a wear tip holder arranged to hold a wear tip adjacent to the outflow opening of the vertical rotor wall, the wear tip holder including a wear body for holding the wear tip and a mounting plate attached to the wear body for mounting the wear tip holder to said rotor wall, the mounting plate having a mounting face abutting a segment of the rotor wall, a wear face, opposite the mounting face, facing an interior of the rotor, and a side wall extending between said mounting face and said wear face, the side wall including a material retention surface facing the rotor wall segment, the material retention surface and the rotor wall segment forming a recess to trap the material therein.