Compactor tooth

Claim 1

A REPLACEABLE CAP FOR A BLOCK-SHAPED COMPACTOR TOOTH BASE WHEREIN SAID BASE HAS ITS INNER SURFACE SECURED ON A CYLINDRICAL DRUM AND WHEREIN SAID BASE IS EQUIPPED WITH A GENERALLY CYLINDRICAL OUTER SURFACE HAVING PARALLEL AXES, WITH THE DRUM HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY GREATER CURVATURE THAN SAID SURFACE, SAID SURFACE BEING CENTRALLY INTERRUPTED BY A SLOT EXTENDING CIRCUMFERENTIALLY PERPENDICULAR TO THE DRUM AXIS, SAID SLOT BEING CENTRALLY, LATERALLY ENLARGED TO PROVIDE OPPOSED GENERALLY RECTANGULAR RECESSES AND SAID BASE BEING EQUIPPED WITH LATERALLY ALIGNED OPENINGS, BELOW SAID RECESSES FOR THE RECEIPT OF A LOCKING KEY, SAID CAP COMPRISING A T-SHAPED ELEMENT HAVING AN OUTER WEAR PORTION HAVING AN INNER CYLINDRICAL BEARING SURFACE ADAPTED TO ENTER INTO SURFACE BEARING CONTACT WITH SAID BASE OUTER SURFACE, SAID CAP FURTHER INCLUDING AN INTEGRAL SHANK PORTION EXTENDING INTO SAID SLOT, SAID SHANK PORTION BEING APERTURED TO RECEIVE SAID LOCKING KEY WHEN THE SHANK APERTURE IS ALIGNED WITH SAID OPENINGS, SAID SHANK PORTION ADJACENT ITS INNER END HAVING A GENERALLY RECTANGULAR CROSS-SECTION ADAPTED TO LIMITEDLY SHIFTABLY FIT WITHIN A SIMILARLY CONTOURED PORTION OF SAID SLOT, SAID CAP ALSO INCLUDING INTEGRAL GENERALLY RECTANGULAR LUGS ON OPPOSITE LATERAL SIDES OF SAID SHANK PORTION AND INTERRUPTING SAID INNER CYLINDRICAL BEARING SURFACE, SAID LUGS BEING SIZED AND ADAPTED TO LIMITEDLY SHIFTABLY FIT WITHIN SAID RECESSES SO AS TO ENGAGE CONFRONTING SURFACES THEREOF WHEREBY THE COMPONENT OF SAID FORCE OTHER THAN THE COMPONENT PASSING THROUGH THE LAST-MENTIONED AXIS IS TRANSMITTED BY RADIALLY SPACED BEARING SURFACES ON SAID SHANK PORTION AND LUGS TO SAID BASE.