Patent ID: 7607601

Claim:
A wear tip for use in the rotor of a centrifugal mineral breaker, the rotor having discharge ports through each of which mineral material is ejected forming a discharge path, the wear tip comprising: a carrier having a forward face, a following face generally parallel to said forward face, an inward face generally perpendicular to said forward and following faces, and at least two wear edges each for disposition transversely to the discharge path of the mineral material being ejected out of the rotor, said at least two wear edges including a first wear edge disposed at the intersection of said forward face and said inward face, and a second wear edge disposed at the intersection of said following face and said inward face, said wear edges each having a wear face and a recess in said wear face, and an insert of abrasion resistant material disposed in each said recess, said insert having an outer wear surface and an arcuate inner surface, said outer wear surface of each said insert generally in planar alignment with said wear face.