Bucket assembly with screening function

A bucket assembly with screening function, comprising a bucket member (1) connectible to at least one pivotable operating arm (7) on a vehicle and having, in addition to two side walls (6, 6') and a curved wall (3) extending therebetween, a bottom wall (4) forming an extension of said curved wall between said side walls and having a free forward edge adapted to dig into the material to be collected in the bucket assembly;

• as well as a screening member (2) connected to the bucket member by joints at an upper part of the bucket member and pivotable in relation to the bucket member between an inoperative position and an operative position in which material collected by the bucket member can be sorted into a fine fraction passing through the screening member, and a coarse fraction remaining therein, characterised in that the screening member (2), like the bucket member, has two side walls (10, 10'), a curved wall (11) extending therebetween, and a bottom wall (12), at least the bottom wall and curved wall (11, 12) being formed with holes or openings for allowing the fine fraction of the material to pass through, and having the same contours as the corresponding walls of the bucket member, said screening member, in its inoperative position, being maintained inside the bucket member with its walls in close proximity to the corresponding walls of the bucket member, and, in its operative position, being maintained outwardly pivoted from the bucket member to allow the fine fraction of the material to pass freely through its apertured walls.