Position indication mechanism for a loader bucket
AssigneeCaterpillar Inc.
InventorArve Wilhelm Opperud
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Abstract
A bucket position indication mechanism is provided for a material handling machine. The material handling machine includes a bucket and an operator's control station. The bucket position indication mechanism includes at least one position indicating element attached to the bucket at a position that is viewable by an operator at the operator's control station when a bottom plate of the bucket is aligned with a ground surface and at least a portion of the position indicating element extending in a direction parallel to the bottom plate of the bucket.
Claims5
A method of constructing a positioning indication mechanism on a bucket of a material handling machine, comprising:
- providing at least one position indicating element, the at least one position indicating element including a plate having a top surface that extends substantially perpendicular to a side face of the bucket, the plate being attached to a rod and the rod being attached to the bucket;
- and
- positioning the at least one position indicating element on the bucket such that, when a bottom face of the bucket is oriented parallel to the ground, the top surface of the plate is oriented parallel to the ground and is in a line of sight of an operator operating the material handling machine in an operator's control station of the material handling machine.
A position indication mechanism for a bucket of a material handling machine, comprising:
- an operator control station;
- a bucket;
- and
- at least one position indicating element attached to the bucket, the at least one position indicating element including a plate attached to the bucket with a rod, the plate having a top surface that extends substantially perpendicular to a side face of the bucket, wherein the top surface of the plate is oriented parallel to the ground and is in a line of sight of an operator in the operator control station when a bottom face of the bucket is oriented parallel to the ground.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.