Abstract: A motor driven crusher for agitating and crushing material is provided. The crusher includes a frame removably coupled to a mechanical bucket and a plurality of shafts rotatably coupled within the frame and operationally coupled to the motor. The crusher further includes a plurality of crushing agitators coupled to each shaft of the plurality of shafts; and a plurality of screening spaces each having a predetermined spacing, wherein material placed on a top side of the crusher is agitated and crushed by the plurality of crushing agitators while the plurality of shafts rotate, screening small material through the plurality of screening spaces while crushing the larger material on the top side of the crusher to fit within the plurality of screening spaces.

Abstract: Contaminated fine sediment is removed from surfaces beneath a body of water by a shrouded, self-cleaning, wheel-guided, open suction attachment for a swinging ladder suction dredge with articulating capabilities. The attachment comprises a wheel-guided, suction assembly in which the slurry is contained in a shroud. The shroud is attached to a head plate, and is designed to both enclose the solid particles suspended as a result of the removal operation, and to direct the suspended material to the mouth of the suction pipe. Inside the area surrounded by the shroud is a gatling plate rotated by a hydraulic motor mounted just above the shroud and head plate.

Abstract: A mechanical bucket for separating small material from larger material. The mechanical bucket includes a bucket adapted to receive and retain material within the bucket and a roller screen assembly removably secured to a bottom portion of the bucket. The material received within the bucket rests on the roller screen assembly when deactivated. The roller screen assembly is adapted to separate smaller material from larger material of the material received within the bucket when activated. The mechanical bucket may include a scraper device for removing debris from the roller screen assembly when the roller screen assembly is activated.

Abstract: A driving device of a jaw crusher of attachment type comprising a hydraulic cylinder having a rod connected with a movable member; a hydraulic source provided on a body of a hydraulic excavator having a mobile travel device; and a control mechanism for supplying a hydraulic pressure to the hydraulic cylinder so that the rod is extended and retracted reciprocatively and detecting a hydraulic pressure at an extension side of the hydraulic cylinder and a retraction side thereof, thus switching extension and retraction operations of the rod to each other when the hydraulic pressure at the extension side of the hydraulic cylinder or the retraction side thereof exceeds a predetermined value.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to debris exclusion devices designed for use on a small augerhead type hydraulic dredge system for operations in debris laden channels that can cause the system's pump to malfunction. Debris to be excluded by these devices include portions of trees, woody-stemmed plants, pieces of lumber, pieces of metal or even unexploded ordinance. A first embodiment comprises vertical grates with curved front surfaces mounted in front of a spoils inlet of a dredgehead shroud with cooperating cutter assembly attached to the auger. These grates are spaced to allow passage of spoils and small debris, but not larger injurious debris that is detrimental to the system's pump. A second embodiment is a tapered transition box device attached to the augerhead's shroud disposed between the grates of a spoils inlet leading through these grates and a hose feeding the system's pump. The box is a clean-out device which is self-regulated and also maintains smooth transitional flow to the system's pump.