Patents Assigned to Caterpillar Commerical SARL
  • Patent number: 5992063
    Abstract: The invention relates to an assembly of ground engaging tool components which are attachable to the lip of a bucket of an earth moving machine. The assembly of tool components comprises a nosepiece attachable to the lip of the bucket, an adaptor attachable to the nosepiece and a tip attachable to the adaptor. The components are attachable to one another by spigot and socket arrangements, the relevant spigot in each case defining two opposed tapered faces and a pair of side faces spacing the tapered faces from one another, at least one of the side faces of the spigot defining a groove with opposed side walls which are tapered in an opposite sense to the taper on the opposed tapered faces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1999
    Assignee: Caterpillar Commerical SARL
    Inventor: Noel Raymond Mack