Patent ID: 7383957

Claim:
A screening finger assembly which comprises a holder, and a set of generally parallel finger tines spaced apart in a row and each mounted in cantilever manner in a respective mounting in the holder, in which: each tine has an outboard end, and an inboard end which is firmly clamped in the respective mounting; the inboard end of each tine includes a tapered portion; each mounting takes the form of a mounting bush having an internal surface extending a distance along the length of the tine, the bush securely mounted in position in the holder, and an intermediate load-absorbing sleeve arranged internally of the bush and having an internal surface corresponding in shape to the tapered portion of the tine which it receives and an external surface for positioning against said internal surface of the bush; and fastening means which is operative to move the tapered portion of the tine axially into firm clamping engagement with the internal surface of the intermediate sleeve and the internal surface of the bush into firm clamping engagement with the external surface of the intermediate sleeve to clamp the tine in position.