Patent ID: 6092958
Filing Date: 2000-07-25
Classification: E02F,F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
A bottom mount pin retainer for detachably mounting a first member of a ground engaging tool to a second member thereof, said first member having generally vertically aligned pin openings in top and bottom walls thereof and said second member having a pin opening therethrough, one of said first and second member having a first abutment surface and one of said first and second member having a second abutment surface, said pin retainer comprising:an elongated mounting pin having a snap-ring groove formed therein and being insertable from the bottom into said pin openings in said top and bottom walls of said first member and into said pin opening in said second member;a snap-ring adapted for receipt into said snap-ring groove and having an upward side and a downward side;a retainer assemblage adapted to relieve said snap-ring from high axial loads in an upward direction while preventing axial movement of said pin in a downward direction, said assemblage including a hard steel washer disposed against the downward side of said snap-ring and a non-load bearing member disposed on the upward side of said snap-ring, said steel washer being positionable in abutting engagement against said second abutment surface to prevent the downward movement of said pin;means positionable in abutting engagement against said first abutment surface remote from the non-load bearing member for preventing the upward movement of said pin.