Simplified bucket articulated rake attachment
OwnerJustin Havemaninventor
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Abstract
An articulated rake assembly attachable to an excavating vehicle having a bucket. The rake assembly has a rake mechanism adapted and constructed to retain material having a certain size. A reciprocating mechanism operationally connects the rake mechanism to the bucket of the vehicle, and is adapted and constructed to selectively reciprocate the rake mechanism with respect to the bucket, thereby selectively retaining material. The rake mechanism configurable to have either or both a push orientation and a gather orientation.
Claims6
A rake apparatus configured to attach to a bucket of an excavating vehicle, wherein the bucket having a bucket opening, comprising:
- an arm assembly, having a static arm and a slide arm;
- the slide arm moveable along a length of the static arm to assume an extended position distal the bucket, a retracted position proximal the bucket opening, and a raised position wherein the arm assembly is pivoted out of the bucket opening;
- the rake apparatus attachable to the bucket at a bucket-arm attachment point;
- the bucket-arm attachment point permitting the arm assembly to pivot out of the bucket opening;
- a single actuator operationally connected to the slide arm to controllably move the slide arm along a length of the static arm between the extended position and the raised position;
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- the retracted position intermediate the extended position and the raised position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.