Bucket attachment

• US 4,125,952 A
• Filed: 10/13/1977
• Issued: 11/21/1978
• Est. Priority Date: 10/13/1977
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Willie L. Jennings
• Original Assignee: Willie L. Jennings
• Inventors: Jennings, Willie L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Eickholt, E. H.
• Application Number:
  US05/841,891
• Time in Patent Office: 404 Days
• Field of Search: 37/117.5, 37/103, 37/142 R, 37/DIG. 3, 214/145, 214/131 A, 214/138 C, 214/670, 214/620, 172/272
• US Class Current: 37/405
• CPC Class Codes: A01D 87/0053 Tractor-mounted loaders buck-rakes, transporting rakes A01D87/08; manure loaders A01C3/04; fork loaders, fork lifts B66F; earth-moving machines E02F
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 3/401 Buckets or forks comprising, for example, shock absorbers, supports or load striking scrapers to prevent overload
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 3/962 Mounting of implements directly on tools already attached to the machine E02F3/404 and E02F3/8152 take precedence

Abstract

An attachment for power operated buckets, in the form of a forked type implement, is shown as supported on the leading edge of the bucket. The implement is suspended, through the provision of intermediate slot forming components, on the leading edge of the bucket by cantilever principles involving a rear portion which bears against the bottom wall of the bucket and a work load supported forwardly of the slot forming components. Hinge components are utilized for attaching the rear portion to the back wall structure of the bucket.

The hinges serve to maintain the leading edge in the groove and have hinge plates that are manipulatable between the horizontal and upright positions so that attachment to the back wall can be realized in the upright position and insertion and withdrawal of the leading edge from the groove accomplished in the horizontal position. Adjustable features for the hinges are shown so that attachment of the implement to different types of buckets may be accomplished.

Claims

1. An attachment for a power operated bucket having a bottom wall that terminates at its front end in a transversely extending leading edge, and a back wall that is rearwardly offset from the leading edge and rises above said bottom wall, said attachment comprising a rigid structure having slot forming means adapted to receive said leading edge for suspending the sructure from the bucket, a front end portion for supporting a working load in front of said leading edge, and a rear end portion adapted to underlie said bottom wall;

and means for connecting the rigid structure to the back wall comprising a pair of transversely spaced apart hinge components that are secured to said rear end portion, each of said components having a hinge plate that is movable between a generally upright position and a horizontal position and means for fastening the hinge plate to the back wall at its upright position.

2. An attachment in accord with claim 1 wherein said hinge components are fixed to said rear end portion.

3. An attachment in accord with claim 1 wherein said hinge components are secured for adjusting movement relative to said rear end portion.

4. An attachment in accord with claim 1 wherein said hinge components are mounted for transverse adjusting movement relative to said rear end portion.

5. An attachment in accord with claim 1 wherein said rigid structure comprises a plurality of elongated metal tines that have opposite ends and are laterally spaced apart and arranged in parallel, an elongated transversely arranged metal plate fixed to said tines generally intermediate their opposite ends and adapted for location beneath said transversely leading edge when said leading edge is received in said slot, and an elongated transversely arranged metal plate adapted for location above said transversely extending leading edge when said edge is received in said slot.

6. An attachment in accord with claim 1 wherein said rear end portion has an elongated transversely arranged horizontal metal plate having an elongated transversely arranged slot, wherein each of said hinge components comprises means bearing against said horizontal plate and extending through said transversely arranged slot, and a hinge pin pivotally connecting the hinge plate of the component to said bearing means.

7. An attachment for a power operated bucket having a bottom wall that terminates at its front end in a transversely extending leading edge, and a back wall that is rearwardly offset from the leading edge and rises above said bottom wall, said attachment comprising a rigid structure having slot forming means adapted to receive said leading edge for suspending the structure from the bucket, a front end portion for supporting a working load in front of said leading edge, and a rear end portion adapted to underlie said bottom wall, said attachment further comprising means for connecting the rigid structure to the back wall that includes a pair of transversely spaced apart hinge components which are secured to said rear end portion, each of said components having a hinge plate that is movable between a generally upright position and a horizontal position and means for fastening the hinge plate to the back wall at its upright position, said rigid structure comprises a plurality of elongated metal tines that have opposite ends and are laterally spaced apart and arranged in parallel, an elongated transversely arranged metal plate fixed to said tines generally intermediate their opposite ends and adapted for location beneath said transversely extending leading edge when said leading edge is received in said slot, and an elongated transversely arranged metal plate adapted for location above said transversely extending leading edge when said edge is received in said slot, said rear end portion having an elongated transversely arranged horizontal metal plate with an elongated transversely arranged slot, each of said hinge components comprising means bearing against said horizontal plate and extending through the slot therein, and a hinge pin pivotally connecting the hinge plate of the component to said bearing means.