Abstract: A tool coupler is disclosed for coupling a tool system to a machine. The tool coupler may including a base configured to connect to the tool system and having spaced-apart plates, hooks, a first pin, and at least one web connecting the spaced-apart plates. The tool coupler may also include an anchor configured to connect to the machine and having a monolithic structure. The anchor may also include a rounded primary engagement feature protruding outward to engage the hooks, a transverse slot formed within a top surface of the monolithic structure and configured to receive the first pin, and an elongated pocket formed inside the monolithic structure that is open to the transverse slot. The anchor may further include a wedge, and a linear actuator disposed inside the pocket and connected to push the wedge into the transverse slot over the first pin.

Abstract: Compact tool carriers having a loader mounted to a low-profile mainframe are disclosed. In some embodiments, the pivot points of the mainframe about which the loader is pivoted are low relative to the mainframe to reduce the mainframe size and to lower the center of gravity to improve the stability of the compact tool carrier during use.

Abstract: A control apparatus for a bucket loader allows a single linear actuator to provide multiple operative functions for the bucket loader. A selector link is pivotally mounted on the back plate of loader bucket to selectively connect the back plate to the base portion of the linear actuator so that the extendable portion powers a pivoting of the bucket shell to dump material from the bucket, or connect the back plate to the extendable portion of the linear actuator to power the vertical movement of the back plate. A chain interconnects the extendable portion of the linear actuator and the pivotable bucket shell to power the pivoting of the bucket shell when the selector link is connected to the base portion. The bucket shell can be mechanically locked into an open position to allow the back plate to be utilized as a push blade.

Abstract: To prevent or minimize bridging of material to be dispersed within a containment vessel, a rotatable auger is positioned in close proximity to a curvilinear inner wall surface of the vessel. The auger has an axis that moves parallel to the curved wall surface in a manner such that the auger flights maintain a close working relationship relative to the curved wall surface as the auger is positioned for movement therealong. A spreader apparatus is positioned to receive material dispensed through the vessel outlet port to broadcast the dispensed material externally of the vessel.

Abstract: A bucket or scoop with adjustable capacity has a fixed structure which forms an external rigid element and also has one or several mobile elements, complementary to the fixed structure, which slide inside the same by means of special devices. The special devices are actuators or pistons fixed either to the fixed structure or to the mobile elements, to occasion a reciprocal movement thereof. Sliding guides are arranged parallel to the direction of action of the pistons.

Abstract: An operating system for a tractor to which an implement is attachable, the operating system comprises: a steering wheel provided rearwardly of a hood that houses an engine located in a forward region of the tractor; a control panel provided rearwardly of the hood and adjacent the steering wheel; a center cover extending generally vertically below the steering wheel; an operation lever provided at a position laterally of the control panel; a valve unit with a pair of spools, the valve unit being located at a lower position with respect to the steering wheel and being covered by the center cover; a link mechanism that links the operation lever and the pair of spools, the link mechanism being covered by the center cover.

Abstract: A ground scraper (10) comprises a bowl (12) for holding excavated ground material, a cutting edge (14) mounted at an open side of the bowl for excavating the ground material, a hitch assembly (56) pivotally coupled to the bowl for coupling the ground scraper to a powered vehicle and an apron (44) pivotally mounted to the bowl for closing the open side of the bowl. An axis of rotation (50) of the apron is substantially parallel to, forward of and above a longitudinal axis of the cutting edge. The axis of rotation is located in a plane extending from the cutting edge and the plane is inclined between 15° and 30° to a vertical plane extending from the cutting edge.

Abstract: An excavation bucket assembly (10) is mounted to a tractor. A soil gathering trenching blade (48) is supported by an upwardly extending rear wall (18) and is movable down through a soil receiving opening (32) to scoop soil from beneath the ground wall (16) of the bucket, with the opening (32) being placed rearwardly of the front edge (30) of the ground wall, providing adequate space in the soil collection chamber (28) for receiving the excavated soil.

Abstract: A blade assembly for an earthworking implement has a set of teeth that are independently slideable within guides. The teeth slide to conform to an undulating surface and permit scraping of the surface.

Abstract: A scraping device, a system and a method for collecting a material are provided. The scraping device may have a bowl having a first end and a second end. A lip may be positioned at the first end and may cover an opening at the first end. In an embodiment, direct mounted cylinders may be attached to the lip and may move the lip to completely cover or uncover the opening. The scraping device may have a tongue mounted to the bowl having a triangular-shaped plate mechanism that may be used to raise and to lower a cutting edge attached to the bowl. Cylinders connected to the mechanism may be retracted or extended to raise or to lower the scraping device. A load within the scraping device may be lifted by force exerted from a barrel end of a cylinder, thus utilizing a maximum potential of the cylinder.

Abstract: The milling apparatus (1) has a bucket with a receiving chamber and has a milling unit with a milling rotor (14). The receiving chamber has a receiving opening (4) and is embodied as a bucket (2). On the bottom of the bucket (2), a through opening (19) is provided, which leads into a milling chamber (12). The milling rotor (14) can move material both into the receiving chamber and out of it again. To achieve both modes of operation, in a first embodiment a drive mechanism rotating in a predetermined direction (D) is provided; a beating arm (16) is associated with the first mode of operation, and a further beating arm (24) is associated with the second mode of operation. In another embodiment, which makes do with a single beating arm (16), the milling unit (54) can be operated in two different working positions via a turner. The positions differ from one another by a 180° rotation about a vertical axis that is perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the milling rotor (14).

Abstract: A combination plow and claw assembly is provided which is attached to a vehicle. The assembly is used for plowing a surface and/or for clawing a surface wherein the function of the combination plow and claw assembly can be easily changed by an operator of the vehicle during operation of the assembly so that a plowing function can be obtained when the vehicle is moved forward and a clawing function obtained when the vehicle is moved backward. In a preferred aspect, a rotating plate (which can be a flexible rake tine or a serrated plate) is fixedly connected to a rotating shaft. A drive shaft is axially disposed in the rotating shaft and secured to the rotating shaft. The drive shaft extends through openings in support plates and is fixedly connected to rotating means. The rotating plate in combination with a stationary plate converts the assembly into a plow or claw depending on the rotation of the rotating plate.

Abstract: A scraping device, a system and a method for collecting a material are provided. The scraping device may have a bowl having a first end and a second end. A lip may be positioned at the first end and may cover an opening at the first end. In an embodiment, direct mounted cylinders may be attached to the lip and may move the lip to completely cover or uncover the opening. The scraping device may have a tongue mounted to the bowl having a triangular-shaped plate mechanism that may be used to raise and to lower a cutting edge attached to the bowl. Cylinders connected to the mechanism may be retracted or extended to raise or to lower the scraping device. A load within the scraping device may be lifted by force exerted from a barrel end of a cylinder, thus utilizing a maximum potential of the cylinder.

Abstract: A combination plow and claw assembly is provided which is attached to a vehicle. The assembly is used for plowing a surface and/or for clawing a surface wherein the function of the combination plow and claw assembly can be easily changed by an operator of the vehicle during operation of the assembly so that a plowing function can be obtained when the vehicle is moved forward and a clawing function obtained when the vehicle is moved backward. In one aspect, the assembly employs a rotatable pipe support member axially disposed within a first elongated horizontal support member wherein a plow and claw plate is fixedly secured to the rotatable member. In use, the plow and claw plate is rotated upward or downward depending on the function desired.

Abstract: The invention provides a pin assembly and Implements connecting apparatus which can replace a working device such as a bucket or the like easily and for a short time. A first member (20) having a pair of brackets (18, 19) is connected to a second member (22) having a boss portion (21). First member (20) and second member (21) are connected so as to swing freely and mutually by inserting a pin assembly (17) having an outer tubular body (15) and a connection pin (16) rotatably connected thereto into one bracket (18), boss portion (21) and another bracket (19). In a connected state, outer tubular body (15) and boss portion (21) are fixed. Pin assembly (17) can be pulled out by applying a pressing force to an opposite side in an inserting direction of pin assembly (17).

Abstract: A blade attachment that can be attached to an excavator or backhoe in 10 seconds and removed in 3 seconds from the operator's seat without the need for tools, nuts, bolts, pins, chains, hoses or additional personnel. The blade attachment is secured to the bucket with two u-shaped adaptors welded to the inside of the bucket. The blade has opposing brackets which support a grab bar and adjustable striker bar, allowing it to be installed on numerous buckets without modification, and providing for quick removal. The design of the bucket adaptors and striker bar prohibits the blade from being removed during earth moving and grading operations, but allows the operator to maintain a level grade when the machine is sitting on as much as a 10% grade difference.

Abstract: A tool assembly using a fluid-powered actuator and including first and second tool members. The first tool member is pivotably connectable to a boom arm of a vehicle or stationary support platform for rotation about a first axis. The first tool member is also attached to a body of the actuator and the second tool members is attached to a shaft of the actuator so that operation of the actuator rotates the second tool member relative to the first tool member about a second axis spaced apart from the first axis and independent of rotation of the first tool member about the first axis. The second tool member is positioned to cooperatively engage the first tool member to assist in collection operations. The actuator has a generally cylindrical body with an output shaft rotatably disposed therein for rotation about the second axis.

Abstract: Bucket (1) intended to be carried by means of an arm or the like for manoeuvring and comprising a bottom and back part and opposing side parts (4), which parts together from a load space (5) with an opening (6) having an edge part (8) connected to the bottom and edge part and running sideways in the bucket. The bucket is especially characterized in, that said bottom and back part (3) comprises an internal sorting part (9) through, which among other things liquid and comparatively finely dispersed goods, e.g. sand and earth, may pass. as well as an external sealing part (10), which is swingable towards and from the sorting part between a first position, in which the sorting part is substantially exposed, and a second position, in which the sealing part substantially connects to the sorting part.

Abstract: A tool assembly using a fluid-powered actuator and including first and second tool members. The first tool member is pivotably connectable to a boom arm of a vehicle or stationary support platform for rotation about a first axis. The first tool member is also attached to a body of the actuator and the second tool members is attached to a shaft of the actuator so that operation of the actuator rotates the second tool member relative to the first tool member about a second axis spaced apart from the first axis and independent of rotation of the first tool member about the first axis. The second tool member is positioned to cooperatively engage the first tool member to assist in collection operations. The actuator has a generally cylindrical body with an output shaft rotatably disposed therein for rotation about the second axis.

Abstract: A sweeping assembly for a machine having a handle generally comprising a first implement pivotally connectable to the handle; a strut assembly including a first arm member operatively connectable to the handle, a second arm member and a spring device operatively interconnecting the first and second members, and means for yieldably biasing the second arm member into a predetermined position relative to the first arm member; and a second implement mounted on the second arm member.

Abstract: In an arm with an attachment removable unit, a reinforcing plate 14 is provided in a space between a pair of bracket portions 12, 12 which are formed by extending the opposite side walls of an arm so as to protrude from the upper and lower walls thereof. An attachment removable unit 100 is housed in the space between the of bracket portions 12, 12. In the state where the attachment 2 is attached to the arm 1, a second hook 7 for engaging a second pin 17 for coupling with the attachment 2 is disposed on a substantially straight line connecting between a pin 19 for connecting with the arm 1 and a first hook 6 for engaging a first pin 18 for connecting with the attachment 2.

Abstract: A bucket converter for providing improved excavation versatility that couples with and attaches to an excavation. The bucket converter comprises a volume increasing frame coupled and semi-fixedly attached to an excavation bucket for increasing the volumetric capacity of the excavation bucket. An orienting projection from a lower portion of the frame holds the coupling element of the frame at a height above a surface when the bucket converter is detached from the excavation bucket and is supported on the surface by the orienting projection and a lowermost portion of the frame. The height at which the coupling portion is held by the orienting projection enables engagement of the coupling portion with a cooperative coupling element on the excavation bucket without the need for any initial manual assistance.

Abstract: An underwater plough for ploughing an underwater bed, the plough comprising a first share (10) and a second share (21) which is movable with respect to the first share whereby the depth of the ploughing profile presented by the plough can be varied.

Abstract: A screening device, intended to be detachably fastened on a bucket of a digging machine, which in a suitable way includes a hydraulically operable arm, which is arranged to be detachably fastened on the bucket. The outer portion of the arm including a plate-formed member provided with two hooks, which are intended to mesh with elements on the bucket, which are shaped to these ones, and the plate-formed member being moveably arranged in relation to the arm by hinges and a hydraulic piston cylinder.

Abstract: The present invention is directed toward a loader bucket which has a back bucket assembly, a front bucket assembly that pivotably mounts to the back bucket assembly forming an extension thereof in the closed position and an actuator for pivoting the front bucket assembly relative to the back bucket assembly. The front bucket assembly includes an ejector panel that is adapted to swing behind the front bucket assembly and through the back bucket assembly as the front bucket assembly is pivoted by the actuator relative to the back bucket assembly. As the ejector panel sweeps through the back bucket assembly it sweeps out of the back bucket assembly without dumping the back bucket assembly. The lower wall of the back bucket assembly is cylindrically contoured to closely clear the ejector panel as it sweeps through the back bucket assembly.

Abstract: A dredge head for dredging sludge by a trailing and pushing motion thereby defining a trailing and pushing direction is configured to be fitted on a ladder of a stationary dredger. The ladder is movable in the trailing and pushing direction for moving the dredge head.

Abstract: A grab implement comprising a fixed part (31) and a movable part (30) pivotally coupled thereto to form a grab, the fixed part (31) having a continuous rear wall member (2) and a continuous floor member (4) projecting forwardly therefrom, the floor member (4) having a cutting edge along the leading edge thereof.

Abstract: A transplant machine including a bucket for digging a plant such as trees and shrubs from the ground, a main frame for pivotably supporting the bucket, an arm for lifting the main frame, a shaft extending from the main frame at right angles and an intermediate frame for connecting the main frame with the lifting arm such that the frame can rotate about the shaft relative to the lifting arm. The frame and the bucket rotate together. As the main frame rotates about the shaft, the bucket rotate with the main frame. Therefore, the transplant machine can change a direction of the a tree after a digging operation. In other words, it is possible to turn the tree while the bucket is holding the tree above the ground. During the turning of the tree, the lifting arm (or a main body of the transplant apparatus) is stopped since the intermediate frame allows the main frame and the bucket to rotate relative to the lifting arm. The bucket may be removable from the lifting arm.

Abstract: A scarifying assembly mounted in a backhoe bucket is disclosed herein having a toothed roller operably carried between spaced-apart support arms which include bearings and a chain or geared drive coupled to a hydraulic power source. The attachments for assembling the opposite ends of the roller include splined fittings which revolve with the roller. Both the roller and splined fittings have outwardly projecting teeth angularly disposed with respect to each other and to the peripheral surface of the roller and the fittings. The roller attachments, fittings and hydraulic power source provide a readily convenient arrangement for rapid assembly or disassembly for service, maintenance and repair procedures. A wedge structure is carried on the power source having a terminating edge in close proximity to the projecting teeth for the purpose of breaking-up or fragmenting rocks carried between the teeth.

Abstract: A twin-scrape dozer, capable of maintaining a satisfactory balance during earth loading, of loading a larger quantity of earth, of efficiently conveying earth even over a soft ground, and of adjusting the rate at which earth is scattered, has a crawler type tractor (1, 1A) equipped with a traveling mechanism, a front earth loading and ejecting device (10, 50), and a rear earth loading and ejecting device (30, 70). The traveling mechanism has track frames (2, 2A) at right and left sides of the vehicle (1, 1A), track shoes (5, 5A) and drive units (6, 6A). The earth loading and ejecting devices are provided at the front and rear parts of the vehicle (1, 1A), and are installed to be vertically movable with lift cylinders (13, 33, 56, 78). Each of the earth loading and ejecting devices is provided with a scraper (21, 34, 53, 75) and a bowl member (14, 41, 61, 81) pivotably connected together by pivot pins (22, 42, 62, 83).

Abstract: A tool for mounting on an implement, in the case of which different functional working ranges are provided with which respectively separate operations are able to be performed. In order to create a multi-purpose tool of this type which at the same time has a high degree of strength and a long working life while making possible efficient operation, the tool has, in accordance with the invention, a center part, whose lateral flanks each constitute a part of the working tool, two lateral parts pivotally mounted on the center part which respectively constitute the other parts of the working tool, and at least one piston and cylinder unit for pivoting the lateral part in relation to the center part and locking elements, with which respectively one lateral part may be locked in relation to the center part.

Abstract: A side wing attachment assembly for moldboards includes hydraulically actuated, spaced wing plate members capable of being placed predetermined distances from one another, forming with the moldboard material moving surface a containment pocket for material to be moved or directed. The side wing assembly includes the ability to move the wing plate members away from the material moving surface of the moldboard, or repositioning the wing plates to accommodate reorientation of the moldboard material moving surface.

Abstract: An earth moving machine attachment is disclosed comprising a plurality of disk units mounted to a disk unit mounting beam which is fixed to a beam pushing frame for pivotally coupling to a dozer or tractor C frame. The beam pushing frame is angled obtusely in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction from the direction of push by a pair of reciprocal operating hydraulic cylinders to grade the earth materials to one side or the other of the C frame. The disk unit mounting beam and attached disk units are hingedly connected to a parallel offset shaft of the beam pushing frame for tilting the disk blades to provide restricted floatation on the earth materials. A sliding feature of the hinged connection between the disk unit mounting beam and the beam pushing frame accommodates hydraulic power means of shifting the load relative to the pushing axis of the earth moving machine.

Abstract: A scooping apparatus is disclosed having a carrying frame coupled with a vehicle.A cage having two cage parts, namely a scooping part and a lid are carried by the frame. The rotation axis of the lid part relative to the scooping part extending on a radial distance from the rotating axis of the cage amounts to zero to two thirds of the radius of the cage.A first driving means for rotatably driving at least one of the cage parts. A second driving means for moving the cage parts between the closed position and the open position such that a rotation axis of the lid part relative to the scooping part extending on a radial distance from a rotating axis of the cage amounting to zero to two thirds of the radius of the cage.

Abstract: Blades are used in association with snow buckets articulated from snow-removing vehicles. In a preferred embodiment, the snow bucket comprises rotatably mounted about its lateral sides, a floating snow blade outwardly projectable substantially horizontally in front of the lower portion of each of the side walls of the bucket, as to float according to the conformation thereunder and to confine and to force the snow between the snow blades and the bucket to enter the bucket and to shovel it and thereby increasing the snow content of a bucket per stroke. Preferably, the floating snow blades are outwardly projectable substantially horizontally in alternation, in front of or in the back of, the lower portion of each of said side walls.