초록

A wear shoe for mounting to a flight of a sludge collector. The wear shoe snaps into a surface of the flight at a desired location and is held in place with no additional fasteners or hardware. The wear shoe is able to be utilized with any channel-type flight configuration.

대표청구항 ▼

[ I claim:] [1.]1. An elongated collector flight assembly for use in a wastewater treatment tank, the wastewater treatment tank having a flight supporting surface, and the collector flight assembly comprising:an elongated collector flight adapted to extend across the wastewater treatment tank and to

[ I claim:] [1.]1. An elongated collector flight assembly for use in a wastewater treatment tank, the wastewater treatment tank having a flight supporting surface, and the collector flight assembly comprising:an elongated collector flight adapted to extend across the wastewater treatment tank and to be moved along the tank,the elongated collector flight including a bore,a wear shoe secured to the elongated collector flight for sliding engagement with the flight supporting surface,the wear shoe including a wear plate portion having a wear surface for slidably engaging the flight supporting surface and having an opposite surface engaging the flight, andthe wear shoe including a locking member integral with the wear plate portion and projecting from said opposite surface into said bore to secure the wear shoe to the collector flight in snap fit relation, the locking member including a pair of spaced apart resilient legs, the resilient legs being adapted to resiliently move together when the locking member is forced into the bore and to grippingly engage the bore.