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Means for driving the back walls of a bucket excavator

CA 1105504 A · Owner: Unit Rig & Equipment Co. · Inventors: Mcaulay, Hubert J.; Francis, Orville B.

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Abstract of the Disclosure, Means for driving the back walls of the buckets of an excavating wheel having a plurality of circumferentially arranged digging buckets. Each digging bucket is provided with a pivotal back wall mounted on the excavating wheel. The excavating wheel is rotatably mounted on a central shaft. A central sprocket is freely rotatably mounted on a bucket wheel hub which is mounted on the central shaft. A mounting bracket is attached directly to the main frame of the vehicle and extends outwardly therefrom. An offset sprocket which is smaller in diameter than the central sprocket is rotatably attached to the opposite end of the bracket. The axes of rotation for the central …

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  • Granted July 21, 1981. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended July 21, 1998.
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FiledAugust 31, 1979
GrantedJuly 21, 1981
Term endedJuly 21, 1998
Patent numberCA 1105504 A
Classification (IPC)E21C25/18 +1 more

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1980198219841986198819901992199419961998Application filedAug 31, 1979Patent grantedJuly 21, 1981Term endedJuly 21, 1998

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