Patent ID: RE43693

Claim:
A wear assembly for an excavating bucket comprising: a base fixed to the excavating bucket and including a nose; a wear part having a socket to receive the nose, and a hole extending through the wear part to open in the socket, the hole having a peripheral outline; and a lock for releasably holding the wear part to the base, the lock including (i) a locking member having a stem and a lateral projection extending from the stem in a fixed relation to the stem, the locking member being rotatable about a longitudinal axis of the stem between a release position and a locking position with the lateral projection being axially aligned with the hole in the release position so that the lateral projection can be received through the hole and at least partially outside of the peripheral outline of the hole in the locking position such that the lateral projection is set between the nose and the wear part free of loading pressure from the wear part to prevent release of the lock, and (ii) a resilient member in contact with the locking member to resist turning of the locking member from the locking position to the release position during use and to permit turning of the locking member to the release position by an operator when removal is desired.