Patent ID: 6302611
Filing Date: 2001-10-16
Classification: E02F,Y10T

Abstract:
A connecting piece which can be pivotally connected both to the jib of an excavator and to a setting cylinder connected to a jib, and which is intended for linking up to a tool, such as an excavator bucket, for example, to the end of the jib, wherein a connecting wedge is connected to the connecting piece, in which two pins extending perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction of the wedge and being guided in the connecting piece are mounted, whilst an adjusting element is connected to the connecting piece, by means of which the connecting wedge can be moved a specific distance with respect to the connecting piece in a direction parallel to the longitudinal direction of said pins, and wherein the connecting piece comprises a screw spindle having a central axis, which is rotatable about the central axis and which is journalled in the connecting wedge in such a manner as to be incapable of movement in its longitudinal direction and which is screwed into a nut-shaped member connected to the connecting piece, which nut-shaped member can spring in the longitudinal direction of the screw spindle with respect to the connecting piece.