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Excavation bucket

US4896444A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJul 28, 1988
Grant dateJan 30, 1990
Priority date
Expiry dateJul 28, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
  • CPC primaryE02F3/40
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

An excavation bucket having a closed top and an open front and comprising two opposed sidewalls each with a flat and an outwardly extending flanged portion, which bucket digs an excavation which has a combination of a vertical wall area with an adjacent and contiguous sloped wall area. Teeth are mounted outwardly from the flanged portions of the sidewalls producing a terracing effect in the sloped sidewall area of the excavation.

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