IP Library Granted Patent US 9,144,922
Granted Patent B2
US 9,144,922 · App. 14/347,410 · Granted Sep 29, 2015

Shank-type pick

Inventors: Markus Roth (Aichhalden, DE); Thomas Allgaier (Schramberg-Sulgen, DE); Thomas Lehnert (Oberraden, DE)
Assignee: Wirtgen GmbH
B28D1/186E21C35/18E21C35/197
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Patent No.
US 9,144,922
App. No.
14/347,410
Granted
Sep 29, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a shank bit for a road milling machine or the like, having a bit head and a bit shank, the bit shank comprising a first cylindrical segment that is indirectly or directly adjacent to the bit head, and the bit shank comprising a second cylindrical segment that, facing away from the bit head, is indirectly or directly adjacent to the first cylindrical segment, and the diameter of the second cylindrical segment differing from the diameter of the first cylindrical segment. In a shank bit of this kind, improved utilization properties result from the fact that the first cylindrical segment has a diameter in the range between 18 mm and 30 mm, and an extent in the direction of the longitudinal center axis of the bit shank less than 30 mm.

Claims (51)

1. A shank bit for a road milling machine or the like, comprising:

a bit head including a support segment having an annular support surface, the support surface having an outside diameter in a range of from 30 mm to 60 mm; and

a bit shank having a longitudinal center axis and including:

a first cylindrical segment indirectly or directly adjacent to the bit head, the first cylindrical segment having a diameter in a range of from 18 mm to 30 mm, and the first cylindrical segment having a length in the direction of the longitudinal center axis in a range of from 4 mm to 15 mm, wherein a ratio of the outside diameter of the support surface to the diameter of the first cylindrical segment is in a range of from 1.6 to 3.3; and

a second cylindrical segment indirectly or directly adjacent to the first cylindrical segment on an opposite end of the first cylindrical segment from the bit head, the second cylindrical segment having a diameter in a range of from 14 mm to 25 mm, wherein a diameter ratio of the diameter of the first cylindrical segment to the diameter of the second cylindrical segment is in a range of from 1.1 to 2.5.

2. The shank bit of claim 1 , wherein the second cylindrical segment has a length in the direction of the longitudinal center axis in a range of from 10 mm to 40 mm.

3. The shank bit of claim 2 , wherein the length of the second cylindrical segment is in the range of from 16.5 mm to 26.5 mm.

4. The shank bit of claim 1 wherein the bit shank has a shank length in the direction of the longitudinal center axis in a range of from 35 mm to 45 mm.

5. The shank bit of claim 1 , wherein:

a ratio of the outside diameter of the support surface to the diameter of the second cylindrical segment is in a range of from 2.0 to 4.2.

6. The shank bit of claim 1 , wherein:

the bit shank includes a distal end portion located away from the bit head, and a securing receptacle defined in the distal end portion; and

further comprising a securing element received in the securing receptacle.

7. The shank bit of claim 6 , wherein:

the securing element has a relaxed outside diameter in a relaxed state; and

the relaxed outside diameter of the securing element exceeds the diameter of the second cylindrical segment by at least 0.05 mm.

8. A shank bit for a road milling machine or the like, comprising:

a bit head;

a bit shank having a longitudinal center axis and including:

a first cylindrical segment indirectly or directly adjacent to the bit head, the first cylindrical segment having a diameter in a range of from 18 mm to 30 mm, and the first cylindrical segment having a length in the direction of the longitudinal center axis less than or equal to 30 mm;

a second cylindrical segment indirectly or directly adjacent to the first cylindrical segment on an opposite end of the first cylindrical segment from the bit head, the second cylindrical segment having a diameter differing from the diameter of the first cylindrical segment; and

a distal end portion located away from the bit head, and a securing receptacle defined in the distal end portion; and

a securing element received in the securing receptacle, the securing element including a partially cylindrical bearing receptacle and an introduction opening providing radial access to the bearing receptacle.

9. The shank bit of claim 8 , wherein:

the introduction opening is demarcated by two rims facing each other, the rims transitioning into angled introduction chamfers.

10. The shank bit of claim 8 , wherein:

the securing element includes a clamping part including at least one radially outer recess.

11. The shank bit of claim 10 , wherein:

the at least one radially outer recess has a partly circular shape.

12. The shank bit of claim 10 , wherein:

the clamping part includes a fastening segment; and

the at least one radially outer recess extends radially deeper into the clamping part than the fastening segment extends radially from the clamping part.

13. The shank bit of claim 8 , wherein:

the securing element includes a clamping part including a fastening segment; and

a cross-section of the clamping part in the direction of the longitudinal center axis is decreased by the fastening segment.

14. The shank bit of claim 8 , wherein:

the securing element includes a clamping part including a fastening segment; and

the clamping part is bent in a radially outer region of the clamping part.

15. The shank bit of claim 8 , wherein:

the securing element includes an outer periphery including convex curved segments.

16. The shank bit of claim 8 , wherein:

the bit head includes a support surface facing toward the bit shank; and

the securing receptacle of the bit shank is spaced from the support surface of the bit head by a spacing in a range of from 15 mm to 50 mm.

17. The shank bit of claim 8 , wherein:

the securing element includes two mutually parallel demarcating surfaces spaced from one another in the direction of the longitudinal center axis.

18. The shank bit of claim 8 , wherein:

the securing element has an axial clearance in the securing receptacle of no greater than 2 mm.

19. The shank bit of claim 18 , wherein:

the axial clearance is no greater than 1 mm.

20. The shank bit of claim 8 , wherein:

the securing element has, in the securing receptacle, a radial clearance in a range of from 3 mm to 9 mm.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 13, 2014
From: LEHNERT, THOMAS
To: WIRTGEN GMBH
Reel/Frame 033096/0340 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 13, 2014
From: ROTH, MARKUS; ALLGAIER, THOMAS
To: BETEK GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 033096/0346 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2011 054 393 · Oct 11, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
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