Loader bucket cutting edge with recessed bolt studs and method

A work implement comprising

• an elongated and flat general purpose edge disposed forwardly thereon,
• a flat cutting edge mounted beneath said general purpose edge to be substantially coextensive therewith and having a forward edge,
• a plurality of fastening means, releasably securing said cutting edge to said general purpose edge, comprising a plurality of fastening studs each having a lower end thereof secured on an upper side of said cutting edge and extending upwardly through a hole formed through said cutting edge,
• means defining a recess in at least one of said general purpose edge and said cutting edge having the lower end of each fastening stud disposed therein,
• a plurality of laterally spaced adapters releasably attached to said cutting edge by said fastening means, each of said adapters comprising an upper portion extending rearwardly over said general purpose edge and a lower portion extending rearwardly under said general purpose edge,
• an earthworking tip detachably mounted on each of said adapters, and
• a plurality of laterally spaced notches formed on the forward edge of said cutting edge and wherein the lower portion of each of said adapters is disposed in a respective one of said notches.

A work implement comprising

• an elongated and flat general purpose edge disposed forwardly thereon,
• a flat cutting edge mounted beneath said general purpose edge to be substantially coextensive therewith and having a forward edge,
• a plurality of fastening means, releasably securing said cutting edge to said general purpose edge, comprising a plurality of fastening studs each having a lower end thereof secured on an upper side of said cutting edge and extending upwardly through a hole formed through said cutting edge,
• means defining a recess in at least one of said general purpose edge and said cutting edge having the lower end of each fastening stud disposed therein,
• a plurality of laterally spaced adapters releasably attached to said cutting edge by said fastening means, each of said adapters comprising an upper portion extending rearwardly over said general purpose edge and a lower portion extending rearwardly under said general purpose edge, and
• an earthworking tip detachably mounted on each of said adapters, adjacent bottom surface portions of said cutting edge, the lower portion of each of said adapters and each one of said earthworking tips being at least substantially flush and co-planar relative to each other.

A work implement comprising

• an elongated and flat general purpose edge, disposed forwardly thereon,
• a flat cutting edge mounted beneath said general purpose edge to be substantially coextensive therewith and having a forward edge,
• a plurality of fastening means, releasably securing said cutting edge to said general purpose edge comprising a plurality of fastening studs each having a lower end thereof secured on an upper side of said cutting edge and extending upwardly through a hole formed through said cutting edge, and
• means defining a recess in at least one of said general purpose edge and said cutting edge having the lower end of each fastening stud disposed therein, said recess constituting an elongated single slot having the lower end of each fastening stud disposed therein.