Patent ID: 8256698

Claim:
A jaw assembly for a jaw crusher, the assembly comprising: a jaw stock having a front face and two sides depending from the front face; a wear component, and a fastening device extending between the jaw stock and the wear component, the device being operative to adopt a clamped configuration where the device provides a clamping force along a fastening axis to clamp the wear component against the front face of the jaw stock, and a released configuration where the fastening device does not prevent the wear component from being separated from the jaw stock, wherein the jaw assembly incorporates a cavity that extends transversely through the or each side of the jaw stock from said fastening device to allow access to said fastening device, wherein the fastening device is accessible through the cavity from a direction transverse to the fastening axis to enable the device to be changed from its clamped configuration to its released configuration, wherein the fastening device when in the released configuration is removable via the cavity from the direction transverse to the fastening axis.