Hydraulic earth-moving bucket with lateral tilting mechanism
AssigneeAmulet Manufacturing Company
InventorsJoel V. Risch, Aaron Tempelaere
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Abstract
A laterally tiltable bucket for earth-moving equipment and the like is constructed with a flat plate of unitary construction attached to, and extending the full width of, the bucket, as a support for one or a pair of hydraulic cylinders whose axes are arranged parallel to the flat plate. When two cylinders are used, the pistons of the cylinders meet at a common linkage in the center. Various additional features, including construction of load-bearing portions of the bucket and the bracket to which the bucket is mounted, are joined at right-angles to simplify construction and increase the strength of the assembly.
Claims9
A bucket and tilting assembly for hydraulically operated lateral tilting of said bucket, said assembly comprising:
- a bucket having an elongated width and a central plane perpendicular to said width;
- a flat plate mounted to an exterior surface of said bucket and extending substantially said full width of said bucket;
- an hydraulic cylinder pivotally mounted to said flat plate through a first pivot pin perpendicular to said flat plate;
- said flat plate pivotally mounted to a head bracket by a second pivot pin in said central plane;
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- a piston extending from said hydraulic cylinder to a linkage that is offset from said second pivot pin whereby movement of said piston relative to said hydraulic cylinder translates to pivotal motion of said bucket relative to said head bracket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.