Patent ID: 6799386
Filing Date: 2004-10-05
Classification: E02F

Abstract:
Excavating apparatus comprising:a support structure having a projecting portion onto which a wear member may be placed to shield said projecting portion from wear, said projecting portion having an exterior side surface through which a connector opening inwardly extends; and a connector structure carried by said projecting portion of said support structure and operative to releasably retain the wear member on said projection portion, said connector structure including: a hollow body extending along an axis and being axially and nonrotatably received in said connector opening, said hollow body having an outer end through which a pin opening axially extends, a connector pin member having a cylindrical body portion coaxially received in said pin opening, and an outer end portion projecting outwardly beyond said outer end of said hollow body and said exterior side surface of said projecting portion of said support structure, said outer end of said connector pin member having, with respect to said cylindrical body portion, a laterally reduced cross-section, and first cooperating structures associated with said hollow body and said connector pin member and functioning to permit rotation of said connector pin member relative to said hollow body about said axis, but preclude appreciable axial movement of said connector pin member relative to said hollow body.