Patent ID: 8783376

Claim:
A cutter for a dozing blade in an implement system of a tractor comprising: an elongate multi-piece body having a one-piece middle body section, a one-piece first outer body section, and a one-piece second outer body section, each including a proximal edge and a distal cutting edge; the middle, first, and second body sections each further including a front digging face, a back mounting face, and defining a plurality of bolting holes communicating between the digging and mounting faces; the middle, first, and second body sections each further including a length extending between a first and a second outboard edge, a width less than their length, and their proximal and distal cutting edges being oriented so as to define parallel line segments extending from their first outboard edge to their second outboard edge; the cutter further including a first and a second end plate positionable outboard of the first and second body sections, and the first and second end plates each having lengths which are less than the lengths of the middle, first, and second body sections; the bolting holes in each body section being spaced from the corresponding proximal, distal cutting, and outboard edges, and configured to receive bolts for mounting the elongate multi-piece body in a service configuration upon a mounting surface of the dozing blade, in which the mounting faces are positioned in a first plane and the distal cutting edges are positioned in a second plane transverse to the first plane; and the first and second body sections each defining a greater face angle between their digging and mounting faces which is about 20° or less, and the middle body section defining a lesser face angle between its digging and mounting faces, such that in the service configuration the digging face of the middle body section is less steeply inclined to the first plane and more steeply inclined to the second plane than the digging faces of the first and second body sections.