Granted Patent B2

US 7,895,755 · App. 11/032,838 · Granted Mar 1, 2011

Abstract

Claims (26)

1. A heavy-duty demolition shear with a replaceable shearing tip, the apparatus having a lower jaw and an upper jaw pivotally connected to the lower jaw, the upper jaw having a shearing blade, comprising:

(a) a tip mounting portion on the upper jaw, the shearing blade having a cutting edge on a lower, planar shearing surface and a tip mounting surface, the tip mounting surface meeting the cutting edge an acute angle to the cutting edge;

(b) a replaceable shearing tip mountable to the tip mounting portion, wherein the replaceable shearing tip further comprises two sections encompassing the tip mounting portion there-between, wherein the two sections are L-shaped and having a first arm and a second arm, the first arm and the second arm each comprising a continuous planar surface;

(c) wherein the first arm of the L meets the cutting edge of the shearing blade at an oblique angle; wherein the upper jaw further comprises at least three seats for engaging the replaceable shearing tip, wherein one of the at least three seats is the tip mounting surface of the shear blade, and wherein the replaceable shearing tip abuts firmly against the tip mounting surface without a gap; and

(d) wherein the continuous planar surface of the second arm of the L forms a dihedral angle with the plane of the shearing surface of the shearing blade.

2. A heavy-duty demolition shear with a replaceable shearing tip, the apparatus having a lower jaw and an upper jaw pivotally connected to the lower jaw by a pivot means, the upper jaw having a shearing blade, the shearing blade having a cutting edge and a shearing surface, comprising:

(a) a replaceable shearing tip;

(b) a replaceable shearing tip mounting portion on the upper jaw, wherein the replaceable shearing tip further comprises two sections encompassing the replaceable shearing tip mounting portion there-between, wherein the two sections are L-shaped;

(c) the shearing blade having a replaceable shearing tip mounting surface, the replaceable shearing tip mounting surface meeting the cutting edge at an acute angle to the cutting edge;

(d) wherein the replaceable shearing tip abuts firmly against the replaceable shearing tip mounting surface without a gap;

(e) the replaceable shearing tip meets the cutting edge of the shearing blade at an oblique angle; and

(f) wherein each of the L-shaped sections further comprises a first arm and a second arm, each of the first arm and the second arm comprising a continuous planar surface, the first arm abutting against the replaceable shearing tip mounting surface of the shearing blade without a gap, the shearing surface of the shearing blade forming a single continuous plane parallel to the axis of the pivot means, the single continuous planar surface of the second arm meeting the single continuous plane of the shearing surface of the shearing blade at a dihedral angle.

3. A heavy-duty demolition shear with a replaceable shearing tip, the apparatus having a lower jaw and an upper jaw pivotally connected to the lower jaw, the upper jaw having a shearing blade, the shearing blade having a first side, a second side, and a lower, planar shearing surface between the first side and the second side of the heavy duty demolition shear comprising:

(a) a tip mounting portion on the upper jaw, the shearing blade having a cutting edge and a tip mounting surface, the tip mounting surface meeting the cutting edge at an acute angle to the cutting edge;

(b) a replaceable shearing tip mountable to the tip mounting portion, wherein the replaceable shearing tip further comprises two sections encompassing the tip mounting portion there-between, wherein the two sections are L-shaped and having a first arm and a second arm;

(c) wherein the first arm of the L-shape meets the cutting edge of the shearing blade at an oblique angle; wherein the upper jaw further comprises at least three seats for engaging the replaceable shearing tip, wherein one of the at least three seats is the tip mounting surface of the shear blade, and wherein the replaceable shearing tip abuts firmly against the tip mounting surface without a gap; and

(d) wherein the second arm of the L forms a single continuous plane, said single continuous plane forming a dihedral angle with the lower, planar shearing surface.

4. The heavy-duty demolition shear of claim 3 , wherein the acute angle and oblique angle are supplementary.

5. A heavy-duty demolition shear with a replaceable shearing tip, the apparatus having a lower jaw and an upper jaw pivotally connected to the lower jaw, the upper jaw having a shearing blade, the shearing blade having a cutting edge on a lower, planar shearing surface, comprising:

(a) a replaceable shearing tip;

(b) a replaceable shearing tip mounting portion on the upper jaw, wherein the replaceable shearing tip further comprises two sections encompassing the replaceable shearing tip mounting portion there-between, wherein the two sections are L-shaped;

(c) the shearing blade having a replaceable shearing tip mounting surface, the replaceable shearing tip mounting surface meeting the cutting edge at an acute angle to the cutting edge;

(d) wherein the replaceable shearing tip abuts firmly against the replaceable shearing tip mounting surface without a gap;

(e) the replaceable shearing tip meets the cutting edge of the shearing blade at an oblique angle; and

(f) wherein each of the L-shaped sections further comprises a first arm and a second arm, the first arm abutting against the replaceable shearing tip mounting surface of the shearing blade without a gap, the second arm of the L lying in a single continuous plane, the plane of the second arm meeting the plane of the shearing surface at a dihedral angle.

6. The heavy demolition shear of claim 5 , wherein the acute angle and the oblique angle are supplementary.

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