Sorting and sifting methods and apparatus, and loader attachments and methods
US9732496B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 25, 2016 |
| Grant date | Aug 15, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 25, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB07B1/005
- WIPO fieldCivil engineering
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
An attachment configured to be captured and lifted by a bucket of a vehicle includes a back end proximate the bucket, in operation; a left side; a right side; a front end distal from the bucket, the front end defining a bottom surface; connection means for receiving a forward edge of the bucket, wherein the bucket can engage and lift the attachment; and means defining a material handling area between the left side, right side, front end, and back end, the material handling area including apertures for sifting, wherein material rolls up into the material handling area when the attachment moves forward so that material can be sifted in the sifting area.
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