Abstract: An apparatus includes a top assembly having a top member with a front edge and a back edge, and the top assembly is attached to a ground engaging tool. A thumb assembly is attached to the top member, which includes a mount extending from the front edge of the top member, at least one arm attached to the mount, and at least one actuator attached to the mount and the at least one arm. The actuator is configured to move the at least one arm with respect to the ground engaging tool.

Abstract: A lawn grooming system includes a hitch. The hitch includes a mounting bracket and a pivot member pivotably connected to the mounting bracket. The pivot member includes a cylinder. An intermediate coupler includes a pipe and a sleeve. The pipe is rotatably received within the cylinder. A projection is rotatably received within the cylinder.

Abstract: A liquid pumping vehicle has: a platform rotatably mounted on a frame; an articulated boom mounted on the platform; a first liquid pump mounted on the boom; a second liquid pump mounted on the platform on the engine-side, the second liquid pump in fluid connection with a fluid conduit through which the first liquid pump pumps the liquid, and an engine mounted on the platform, so that a rotation axis of the platform is between the boom and the engine and so that a weight of the engine, the second liquid pump and other components on an engine-side of the platform acts as a counterbalance to a weight of the boom and other components on a boom-side of the platform; and. The vehicle is better balanced for greater stability when in use for pumping a liquid, e.g., liquid manure.

Abstract: A removeable attachment to an excavator bucket allowing for multi-purpose use of a single excavator without the need for lengthy modification or installation. The preferred embodiment is a grading blade attachment. The invention attaches to an excavator bucket by drilling holes into the bucket, inserting the coupling device of the invention between the bucket, and inserting a metal pin through the bucket and coupling device. The metal pin is secured by a lynch pin when installed. The attachment also has a circular piece of metal, allowing for the attachment to pivot with the contour of the ground during use and allowing more accurate use of construction cleanup equipment while reducing damage to landscape.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a vessel comprising an excavator for dredging or shifting soil for cleaning watercourses, the excavator comprising; a weight balanced boom hingeably supported around a boom hinge axis, a bucket-arm hingeably connected to the boom, and provided with a bucket and/or digging tool at a free end of the bucket-arm, wherein a counterweight is connected to the boom and wherein the counterweight is positioned with respect to the boom such that a centre of gravity of the counterweight is above and about vertically aligned with the boom hinge axis when the bucket and/or digging tool is at a lowest digging position.

Abstract: A dipper lip includes a first side wing, a second side wing, a rear attachment portion that spans from the first side wing and the second side wing, and a front shovel portion that extends from the first side wing to the second side wing, and the front shovel portion defines a top shovel surface, while the rear attachment portion forms a top rear surface. The top shovel surface forms an obtuse angle with the top rear surface in a midplane of the dipper lip.

Abstract: A ground engaging tip assembly includes a ground engaging tip, an adapter, and a retention mechanism. The ground engaging tip includes an inner surface extending inward from a rear edge defining a nose cavity within the ground engaging tip. The nose cavity includes a front inner surface, top inner surface, bottom inner surface, and oppositely disposed side inner surfaces. The top inner surface includes a front portion proximate the front inner surface comprising a front central surface connecting two opposing front side-sloping surfaces and a rear portion proximate the rear edge comprising a rear central surface connecting two opposing rear side-sloping surfaces. The bottom includes a tapered bottom channel. The adapter includes a nose portion configured to be inserted into the nose cavity of the ground engaging tip. The retention mechanism is configured to secure the ground engaging tip to the adapter.

Abstract: A reinforced wear member for use in earth-engaging applications. The wear member may have a body with an embedded core. The body may have a leading end and an opposing trailing end. The core may have a front end and an opposing back end wherein a height of the front end is less than a height of the back end. The body may be comprised of a first composition and the core may be comprised of a second composition that is different from the first composition. The first composition may be steel and the second composition may be ceramic. The ceramic core may increase the abrasive resistance of the wear member.

Abstract: A fastening assembly may comprise a collar and a pin. The collar may have an aperture, a collar lock, which projects from an outer surface, and a pin lock, which is disposed on a portion of the aperture. The collar lock may be compressible and configured to elastically deform while introducing the collar to a wear member. The pin may have a pin lock engagement hole shaped to engage with the pin lock as it is inserted through the aperture of the collar. The fastening system may be used in a wear member assembly. The wear member may have a side opening in communication with a cavity formed on one end of the wear member. The side opening may have a collar lock engagement hole. The collar may be inserted into the side opening so that the collar lock engages the collar lock engagement hole. Methods and assemblies thereof.

Abstract: A coupling device is disclosed which is designed as a hook with a hook body, an opening that allows the mating part of the attachment to enter the hook body, a guideway and a shoulder to counter any offset between the mating part of the attachment to the hook. Furthermore, the coupling device includes a locking latch that protrudes into the opening of the hook body and locks the mating part of the attachment in order to engage the mating part with the hook body, thereby retaining the mating part in a locked position. In an embodiment, the locking latch has a geometry that limits the motion of the locking latch and generates a motion curve. Furthermore, the locking latch moves on a motion curve to allow the locking latch to release the opening in order to allow the mating part to enter the socket.

Abstract: The funnel attachment for a heavy machinery bucket includes a funnel and one or more hydraulic pistons. The funnel may be pivotably coupled to a bucket of a loader. The one or more hydraulic pistons may pivot the funnel between a funnel lifted position and a funnel lowered position. The funnel may be pivoted to the funnel lifted position in order to fill the bucket with material. The funnel may be pivoted to the funnel lowered position to empty the bucket through the funnel. As non-limiting examples, the loader may include a backhoe loader, a front loader, a wheel loader, a skid steer loader, or a track loader and the material may comprise sand, gravel, or soil.

Abstract: A bucket for moving ground material is disclosed comprising a handling section that is connected to a separate load carrying section to form a fixed body. The handling and load carrying sections define a load carrying space and forming a fixed open mouth through which material is received into and discharged from the load carrying space. The handling section includes an upper wall that extends in a direction away from a front end adjacent the open mouth to a rear end. The load carrying section includes a base wall and two side walls projecting up from each side of the base wall. The bucket includes a fastening arrangement fastening the handling section to the load carrying section. A method of changing the load carrying volume of a bucket and refurbishing a bucket by swapping out the load carrying sections is also disclosed.

Abstract: An ice edger brush apparatus is capable of attachment to a lever arm assembly of a common ice resurfacing vehicle for use in edging the entirety of an ice rink surface, particularly the perimeter areas closest to the rink's boards, immediately prior to resurfacing the ice rink either before, during, or after an event, game, or occasion. The present invention allows for significantly faster and more complete edging, sweeping, and resurfacing of an ice surface, specifically a rink, as well as proper ice level and board protection through the novel combination of blades, brushes, protective guards, support members, and other components identifiable within the ice edger brush apparatus, all of which may be fitted to an existing extendable lever arm of an ordinary resurfacing vehicle such that an operator may retain control of the overall attributes of the present invention both prior to and throughout operational use.

Abstract: A hitch for a vehicle including a main frame which is mountable to a vehicle chassis, a pair of left and right lower support arms pivotably mounted to the main frame at a first end, each of the pair of left and right lower support arms include a holder at a second end for holding an implement attachment link, and a releasable locking device for fixing the implement attachment link to the holder.

Abstract: A bucket for use on a loader is disclosed including a main wall which transitions from a lower main wall portion into an upper main wall portion. It includes two side walls extending between the lower main wall portion and the upper main wall portion. The main wall and the side walls define an interior space and an open mouth at a front end of the bucket. The lower portion of the main wall, the upper portion of the main wall and the side walls may be engineered to provide a suitable structural strength and wear resistance by selection of an appropriate thickness and hardness of steel for each of the walls and portions of the walls. A loader including the bucket is also disclosed.

Abstract: A shroud retention system has a boss attached to a work tool and a retention block attached to the boss. The shroud retention system has a plunger block connected to and slidably movable relative to the retention block. The boss, the retention block, and the plunger block are slidably receivable in a shroud including a retainer slot. The shroud retention system has a retainer plate disposed in the retainer slot and configured to engage with the plunger block. The shroud retention system has a shim with a shim front face engaging the retention block and a shim rear face engaging a shroud inner wall. The shroud retention system has a retention fastener that passes through a thru hole in each of the plunger block, the retainer plate, and the shim and engages with a lock nut in the retention block to attach the shroud to the work tool.

Abstract: A mounting system for a work machine includes a first member extending along a vertical axis of the mounting system, and a second member extending along the vertical axis and spaced apart from the first member along a lateral axis of the mounting system. The mounting system also includes a bracket assembly extending between the first member and the second member. The bracket assembly is disposable at a location along the vertical axis based on a removable coupling of the bracket assembly with each of the first member and the second member. The mounting system further includes an imaging device coupled with the bracket assembly. A position of the imaging device is adjustable with respect to the lateral axis of the mounting system and the vertical axis, such that a portion of a work implement of the work machine lies in a field of view of the imaging device.

Abstract: A semi-mounted reversible plow with a headstock for attachment to a tractor, a stabilizer which is connected to the headstock and on which a plow frame carrying two rows of plow bodies is mounted by way of at least a front turning arm in a manner rotatable about a horizontal turning axis, wherein an offset rocker in a rotatable manner to the turning arm and a front furrow rocker connected in an articulated manner to the offset rocker and in a rotatable manner to the plow frame, on the other hand, are arranged between the plow frame and the turning arm, and wherein the rockers can be moved by an adjustment actuator to positions causing different transverse distances between the headstock and in the direction of travel of the foremost plow body, such that the semi-mounted reversible plow is configured to selectively assume a furrow working position and an on-land working position.

Abstract: A tool for an excavator has a primary engagement arrangement, a secondary engagement arrangement rotatable about an axis of rotation, and a connection arrangement for connecting the tool to an excavator. The axis of rotation of the secondary engagement arrangement passes through the connection arrangement and aligns with the axis of rotation of the tool relative to the excavator. The tool has two hydraulic actuators. The secondary engagement arrangement and the primary engagement arrangement mutually rotate about the same axis of rotation by the hydraulic actuators.

Abstract: A harrow apparatus comprising an implement frame and a harrow section attached to a mounting assembly extending rearward from the implement frame such that the harrow section engages the ground surface. The mounting assembly is movable upward and downward to move the harrow section down and up. The mounting assembly comprises a beam extending rearward above the harrow frame, and front and rear arms pivotally attached at upper ends thereof to corresponding front and rear beam pivot axes located on the beam. The front arm slopes downward and rearward to a lower end thereof that is pivotally attached to the harrow frame at a front frame pivot axis, and the rear arm slopes downward and forward to a lower end thereof that is pivotally attached to the harrow frame at a rear frame pivot axis located rearward of the front frame pivot axis.