Patent ID: 7104392

Claim:
A toggle retainer adapted for use with a toggle connection assembly for conveyor pans of a chain scraper conveyor or guide troughs of a mining machine, the assembly having (a) open toggle pockets that define (i) a toggle head holding section, (ii) a mounting section, and (iii) wall projections disposed in the transition region between (i) and (ii), and (b) toggles including (i) toggle heads integrally connected to one another, (ii) a bolt tongue disposed on at least one of the toggle heads, the toggle retainer comprising: a bolt element, which in the assembled state, extends over the bolt tongue of a toggle and under the wall projections of a toggle pocket; a filler element adapted to be form fittingly inserted between the bolt element and a back wall of the mounting section of the toggle pocket, the filler element being connectable to the bolt element; and a screw joint connecting the bolt element and the filler element.