Tilt bucket profile and front structure
AssigneeCaterpillar Inc.
InventorsRyan Andrew Rochel, Julia Kay Nitti, David Michael Worth, Davida Ray Reang, Giedre Simanskaite
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Abstract
A tilt bucket may include a front structure having an outer surface, the front structure including a base plate with a bottom surface. The tilt bucket may include a bottom edge and a curved wrapper extending between the base plate and the bottom edge. A ratio of a maximum distance between the curved wrapper and a first line extending from the bottom edge to the tangent point on the outer surface of the front structure, taken substantially perpendicularly from the first line, relative to a length of the first line, may be about 0.64 to 0.70.
Claims7
A tilt bucket, comprising:
- a top section including a front structure;
- a bottom section including a bottom edge;
- and
- a middle section including a wrapper, the wrapper extending between the front structure and the bottom edge;
- wherein the front structure includes:
- a base plate attached to the wrapper;
- a boxed section adjacent a first end portion of the base plate;
- a first tilt plate attached to the boxed section;
- and
- a second tilt plate attached adjacent a second end portion of the base plate wherein the boxed section includes a bent plate attached to the base plate, and a support plate extending between the base plate and the bent plate, and wherein the bent plate is attached to the base plate approximately 20 mm from a first end of the bent plate, and the bent plate is attached to the support plate approximately 10 mm from a second end of the bent plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.