US 11,944,978 B2
Material processing head and tool
Laurent Denis, Roxton Falls (CA)
Assigned to Alamo Group Inc., Seguin, TX (US)
Filed by Alamo Group Inc., Seguin, TX (US)
Filed on Mar. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/208,833.
Application 17/208,833 is a continuation of application No. 15/132,831, filed on Apr. 19, 2016, granted, now 10,953,406.
Prior Publication US 2021/0268512 A1, Sep. 2, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B02C 18/18 (2006.01); A01D 34/835 (2006.01); A01G 23/00 (2006.01)
CPC B02C 18/184 (2013.01) [A01D 34/835 (2013.01); A01G 23/00 (2013.01); B02C 18/18 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A displaceable material processing head, comprising:
a support base;
a plurality of tool mounting blocks mounted on an outer surface of the support base, each mounting block having a base surface and a tool mounting surface intersecting the base surface, a protuberance extending away from the base surface and spaced apart from the tool mounting surface to define a tool receiving gap between the protuberance and the tool mounting surface;
a plurality of tools for material processing each retained in a respective one of the mounting blocks, each tool having a base section extending in a longitudinal direction and a processing section extending from the base section, the base section being snugly received in the tool receiving gap of the respective one of the mounting blocks between the tool mounting surface and the protuberance and abutting the tool mounting surface, the processing section extending past the protuberance; and
the base section of each tool having a rear mounting surface abutted to the tool mounting surface of the respective one of the mounting blocks, the tool mounting surface being laterally concave, and the rear mounting surface being laterally convex.