Non-Jamming shear pin assembly

A tree harvesting machine has delimbing knives which are fixed to arms having hubs fixed, by means of a shear pin assembly, to a rock shaft. The shear pin assembly includes a pair of headed pins which are inserted into opposite ends of first and second axially aligned bores respectively extending di...

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Hauptverfasser: MENZEL, ALVIN LEWIS, STOVER, DAVID EMMERT
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:A tree harvesting machine has delimbing knives which are fixed to arms having hubs fixed, by means of a shear pin assembly, to a rock shaft. The shear pin assembly includes a pair of headed pins which are inserted into opposite ends of first and second axially aligned bores respectively extending diametrically through the hub and shaft. A pair of retaining clips are secured to the hub by and are respectively urged against the pin heads by a pair of cap screws. The pins are dimensioned such that their respective inner ends are spaced from each other when the pins are installed.