Excavator bucket with detachable implements
OwnerRickerd M. Felstetinventor
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Abstract
An excavator bucket has a ground engaging portion with a central housing and side housings providing sockets for receiving the tangs of various implements for use in the excavation and grading of earth. The structure and arrangement of the housings provide a secure mounting for the various implements and also permits a ready attachment and detachment from the bucket with a minimum number of connections.
Claims11
An excavator bucket assembly comprising the combination of a bucket means and earth working implements, said bucket means having a foward lower edge portion, a rear wall and oppositely disposed side walls, said forward lower edge portion having a first socket means therein for selectively receiving and mounting one of said earth working implements therein so as to project from said forward lower edge portion, said first socket means being defined by spaced walls which form at least a portion of said forward lower edge portion, second and third socket means provided adjacent each of said side walls of said bucket means and extending from adjacent said forward lower edge portion toward said rear wall of said bucket means, said earth working implements having earth engaging means supported on a tool bar means, said tool bar means having spaced ends, a first tang means extending rearwardly from said tool bar means and intermediate said ends thereof so as to be selectively receiveable within said first socket means, said earth working implements having second and third tang means which extend rearwardly therefrom on opposite sides of said first tang means so as to be selectively receivable in said second and third socket means, respectively, and fastening means for selectively connecting said tool bar means to said bucket means.
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