Wear component stabilization for material handling implement

Abstract

A wear component assembly for use with a material handling implement can include an adapter configured for attachment to a lip of the material handling implement, the adapter having a forward-projecting nose, and a wear component including a pocket configured to receive the nose therein, the pocket having a deepest internal surface, and the surface being longitudinally spaced apart from a forward end of the nose. Another wear component assembly can include an adapter and a wear component, and in which contact between an inclined surface formed on the nose and an inclined surface formed in the pocket prevents contact between a deepest pocket surface and a forward end of the nose. A material handling implement can include a wear component including a pocket that receives an adapter nose therein, the pocket having a deepest internal surface longitudinally spaced apart from a forward end of the nose.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A wear component assembly for use with a material handling implement, the wear component assembly comprising:
 an adapter configured for attachment to a lip of the material handling implement, the adapter having a forward-projecting nose; and   a wear component including a pocket configured to receive the nose therein, the pocket having a deepest internal first surface, and the first surface being longitudinally spaced apart from a forward end of the nose.   
     
     
         2 . The wear component assembly of  claim 1 , in which the forward end of the nose is encircled by at least one inclined second surface, the first surface is encircled by at least one inclined internal third surface of the pocket, and the inclined second surface contacts the inclined third surface. 
     
     
         3 . The wear component assembly of  claim 2 , in which the second surface contacts the third surface while the first surface is longitudinally spaced apart from the forward end of the nose. 
     
     
         4 . The wear component assembly of  claim 2 , in which the forward end of the nose comprises a planar fourth surface that is orthogonal to a longitudinal axis of the nose. 
     
     
         5 . The wear component assembly of  claim 4 , in which the second surface is inclined relative to the longitudinal axis. 
     
     
         6 . The wear component assembly of  claim 4 , in which the third surface is inclined relative to the longitudinal axis. 
     
     
         7 . The wear component assembly of  claim 1 , in which contact between at least one inclined second surface formed on the nose and at least one internal inclined third surface formed in the pocket prevents contact between the first surface and the forward end of the nose. 
     
     
         8 . A wear component assembly for use with a material handling implement, the wear component assembly comprising:
 an adapter configured for attachment to a lip of the material handling implement, the adapter having a forward-projecting nose; and   a wear component including a pocket configured to receive the nose therein, the pocket having a deepest internal first surface, and in which contact between at least one inclined second surface formed on the nose and at least one internal inclined third surface formed in the pocket prevents contact between the first surface and a forward end of the nose.   
     
     
         9 . The wear component assembly of  claim 8 , in which the forward end of the nose is encircled by the at least one second surface, and the first surface is encircled by the at least one third surface of the pocket. 
     
     
         10 . The wear component assembly of  claim 8 , in which the second surface contacts the third surface while the first surface is longitudinally spaced apart from the forward end of the nose. 
     
     
         11 . The wear component assembly of  claim 8 , in which the forward end of the nose comprises a planar fourth surface that is orthogonal to a longitudinal axis of the nose. 
     
     
         12 . The wear component assembly of  claim 11 , in which the second surface is inclined relative to the longitudinal axis. 
     
     
         13 . The wear component assembly of  claim 11 , in which the third surface is inclined relative to the longitudinal axis. 
     
     
         14 . A material handling implement, comprising:
 a lip;   an adapter attached to the lip, the adapter having a forward-projecting nose; and   a wear component including a pocket that receives the nose therein, the pocket having a deepest internal first surface, and the first surface being longitudinally spaced apart from a forward end of the nose.   
     
     
         15 . The material handling implement of  claim 1 , in which the forward end of the nose is encircled by at least one inclined second surface, the first surface is encircled by at least one inclined internal third surface of the pocket, and the inclined second surface contacts the inclined third surface. 
     
     
         16 . The material handling implement of  claim 2 , in which the second surface contacts the third surface while the first surface is longitudinally spaced apart from the forward end of the nose. 
     
     
         17 . The material handling implement of  claim 2 , in which the forward end of the nose comprises a planar fourth surface that is orthogonal to a longitudinal axis of the nose. 
     
     
         18 . The material handling implement of  claim 4 , in which the second surface is inclined relative to the longitudinal axis. 
     
     
         19 . The material handling implement of  claim 4 , in which the third surface is inclined relative to the longitudinal axis. 
     
     
         20 . The material handling implement of  claim 1 , in which contact between at least one inclined second surface formed on the nose and at least one internal inclined third surface formed in the pocket prevents contact between the first surface and the forward end of the nose.