Adapters for attaching a tip to a machine implement and ground engaging tool assembly

• Main Authors: MCCAFFREY, Brandon H, BALAN, Mihai M
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 24.08.2023
• Subjects: DREDGING; FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS; FOUNDATIONS; HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; SOIL SHIFTING

A tip adapter (75) for attaching a tip (90) to a machine implement (60), the tip adapter (75) comprising: a base (102); an implement mounting portion (104), extending from the base and configured to be mounted to the machine implement (60), and a tip mounting portion (107), extending from the base in opposing relationship to the implement mounting portion (104). The tip mounting portion includes a mounting nose (125), a first retention lug (131), and a second retention lug. The mounting nose includes a base end and a distal end (137), the base end connected to the base, the mounting nose extending from the base end to the distal end along a longitudinal nose axis. The mounting nose includes a first face surface and a second face surface converging toward each other in a direction from the base end toward the distal end. The mounting nose (125) includes a first nose side surface (181) and a second nose side surface (182) in spaced relationship to each other. The first retention lug extends from the first nose side surface along a first lug axis, and the second retention lug extends from the second nose side surface along a second lug axis. The first lug axis and the longitudinal nose axis define a first lug taper angle, the second lug axis and the longitudinal nose axis define a second lug taper angle, the first lug taper angle and the second lug taper angle both being oblique.