Bucket with vibrating screen
OwnerAlbert Ben Curreyinventor
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Abstract
A bucket with a vibrating screen is provided. The bucket includes a bucket member having an inner volume. The bucket member includes an first portion having a first opening to access the inner volume and a tapered second portion having a second opening to access the inner volume. The second opening is smaller than the first opening. The bucket includes a screen removably coupled to the bucket member within the inner volume in a location between the first portion and the second portion. The bucket includes a vibration generation device coupled to the screen.
Claims16
A method of using a bucket with a vibrating screen, the method comprising:
- coupling the bucket with the vibrating screen to a vehicle, the bucket comprising a first portion with a first opening and a tapered second portion, wherein the vibrating screen is coupled to the first portion and separates the first portion and the second portion, and wherein the tapered second portion forms a funnel with a rectilinear second opening at an end of the funnel, wherein the second opening is smaller than the first opening;
- filling the bucket member at a first location with material and retaining the material on the screen within the first portion;
- moving the bucket to a second location;
- operating the vibrating screen to screen material through the vibrating screen, wherein material sized to fit through the screen and retaining larger material on top of the screen;
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- controlled directing of screened material through the funnel and out the rectilinear second opening and controlling placement of the screened material at the second location.
A bucket with a vibrating screen comprising:
- a bucket member having an inner volume, the bucket member comprising:
- a first portion having a first opening to access the inner volume;
- a tapered second portion comprising a rectilinear second opening to access the inner volume, wherein the second rectilinear opening is smaller than the first opening;
- and
- a flat bottom member extending in a single plane from the first opening to the rectilinear second opening, the flat bottom member forming part of the first portion and forming part of the second portion, wherein the tapered second portion forms a funnel with the rectilinear second opening at an end of the funnel;
- a screen removably coupled to the first portion of the bucket member within the inner volume in a location between the first portion and the second portion;
- and
- a vibration generation device coupled to the screen.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.