Wear assembly

Abstract

A wear assembly for excavating equipment which has a wear member overlying a leading edge of the excavating equipment, a removable lock for releasably holding the wear member to the leading edge, and a stabilizer, wherein (i) the wear member has a pair of legs to straddle the leading edge with a first leg extending along a first side of the leading edge and a second leg extending along a second side of the leading edge opposite the first side, (ii) the first leg has an opening for receiving the lock and a second leg free of such locks, and (iii) the stabilizer is fixed to the second side of the leading edge and includes a holding surface to overlie a portion of the second leg to prevent the second leg from moving away from the second side of the leading edge.

1 . A wear assembly for excavating equipment comprising a wear member overlying a leading edge of the excavating equipment, a removable lock for releasably holding the wear member to the leading edge, and a stabilizer, wherein (i) the wear member has a pair of legs to straddle the leading edge with a first leg extending along a first side of the leading edge and a second leg extending along a second side of the leading edge opposite the first side, (ii) the first leg has an opening for receiving the lock and a second leg free of such locks, and (iii) the stabilizer is fixed to the second side of the leading edge and includes a holding surface to overlie a portion of the second leg to prevent the second leg from moving away from the second side of the leading edge.  
   
   
       2 . A wear assembly in accordance with  claim 1  further including a boss fixed to the first side of the leading edge, and a slot within the first leg to receive the boss.  
   
   
       3 . A wear assembly in accordance with  claim 2  wherein the stabilizer includes a ledge to define the holding surface, and the second leg of the wear member includes a reduced-width grip portion to receive and cooperate with the ledge of the stabilizer.  
   
   
       4 . A wear assembly in accordance with  claim 3  wherein the grip portion is formed in a rear end of the first leg.  
   
   
       5 . A wear assembly in accordance with  claim 2  wherein the wear member is a shroud for a lip of a bucket.  
   
   
       6 . A wear assembly in accordance with  claim 1  wherein the stabilizer includes a ledge to define the holding surface, and the second leg of the wear member includes a reduced-width grip portion to receive and cooperate with the ledge of the stabilizer.  
   
   
       7 . A wear assembly in accordance with  claim 6  wherein the grip portion is formed in a rear end of the first leg.  
   
   
       8 . A wear assembly in accordance with  claim 1  wherein the wear member is a shroud for a lip of a bucket.  
   
   
       9 . A bucket having sidewalls, a rear wall, a bottom wall having a lip defining a leading edge, and a wear assembly in accordance with  claim 1 .  
   
   
       10 . A wear member for overlying a leading edge of excavating equipment, the wear member comprising a pair of legs to straddle the leading edge with a first leg extending along a first side of the leading edge and a second leg extending along a second side of the leading edge opposite the first side, the first leg having an opening for receiving a lock to releasably hold the wear member to the leading edge, the second leg being free of such locks and including a reduced-width grip portion to receive and cooperate with a stabilizer fixed to the second side of the leading edge to overlie the grip portion to prevent the second leg from moving away from the second side of the leading edge.  
   
   
       11 . A wear member in accordance with  claim 10  further including a slot within the first leg to receive a boss fixed to the first side of the leading edge.  
   
   
       12 . A wear member in accordance with  claim 11  wherein the grip portion is formed in a rear end of the first leg.  
   
   
       13 . A wear assembly in accordance with  claim 12  wherein the wear member is a shroud for a lip of a bucket.  
   
   
       14 . A wear member in accordance with  claim 10  wherein the grip portion is formed in a rear end of the first leg.  
   
   
       15 . A wear assembly in accordance with  claim 10  wherein the wear member is a shroud for a lip of a bucket.