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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7367408 | Scraping device and a system and a method for collecting materials 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 mou... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7275338 | Edge protector assembly for bucket assembly An edge protector assembly is attached, via at least two connectors, to an edge of at least one wall surface of a bucket assembly. Each connector includes a first mating portion that is mated to at least one second mating portion of an edge protector of the edge pro... | 10/02/2007 |
| 6996925 | Combination plow and claw assembly 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 vehicl... | 02/14/2006 |
| 5813474 | Plow blade The plow blade comprising support member, a blade edge being mounted to the support member and having one or more insert holes, and one or more blade inserts having a wear portion, the one or more blade inserts being mounted within the one or more insert ... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5809760 | Universal blade rake An attachment is usable in combination with any conventional moldboard and provides a rake accessory unit for said moldboard. The rake attachment consists of a steel mounting plate, upon which a plurality of cylindrical steel tines, equally spaced, cut to... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5562365 | Impact roller incorporating soil leveler Compaction of a soil surface is achieved by means of a machine (10) which has a movable, wheeled carriage (20) and an impact roller coupled resiliently to the carriage so as to move together with the carriage. The impact roller has one or more out-of-roun... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5213164 | Soil leveling apparatus with improved frame and hitch An improved soil leveling apparatus (10) includes a frame (12), connecting hitch means (14), and adjustable lost motion linkage (48) secured to the top connection point (52) of the hitch, and an optional scarifier assembly (16) which is supported on a con... | 05/25/1993 |
| 4967850 | Combined tooth retractor and blade latching mechanism Blade assemblies having a plurality of teeth extending therefrom are useful for working soil and/or for removing objects buried under the surface of the ground. However, having a plurality of teeth extending below the blade assembly can be detrimental sin... | 11/06/1990 |
| 4945663 | Apparatus and method for forming and compacting planting mounds Planting mounds for afforestation purposes and the like are formed by an apparatus wherein a device having at least one mound-forming and compacting body is provided on a movable support arm or boom of a carrier vehicle adapted to be driven along the grou... | 08/07/1990 |
| 4910891 | Device for attaching earth-working tools to excavating equipment A device for attaching various earth-working tools to a bucket of excavating equipment, such as a front-end loader, backhoe, or excavator. A frame has two spaced parallel plates, each having a wedge-shaped notch on one side. A stabilizing bar, adjacent to... | 03/27/1990 |
| 4909330 | Automotive earth moving vehicle with segmented blade for alternating between straight and angular shapes An automotive earth moving vehicle for civil and military applications. The lade is movable with respect to the body by two independently operable sets of fluid driven actuator sets which are in intersecting spatial relationship. Each actuator set is arran... | 03/20/1990 |
| 4883129 | Bit assembly utilizing carbide insert Ground engaging bits used in abrasive road grading applications utilizing carbide inserts brazed to the leading face of the steel tip are beneficial on motor grader blades. Commercial road grading bit assemblies used consistent thickness, rectangular carb... | 11/28/1989 |
| 4781518 | Tree gripping device A tree gripping device adapted to be mounted on the top of a bulldozer blade. The device has a base member mounted on top of the blade, the base member projecting past one side of the blade. A gripping arm is pivotally mounted on the projecting portion of... | 11/01/1988 |
| 4753299 | Grader blade assembly and pick therefor A blade assembly for hard earth road graders has a support frame for attachment to the mouldboard of the road grader and a plurality of evenly spaced picks located in sockets spaced along the lower edge of the support frame. The picks have spigots to rele... | 06/28/1988 |
| 4671000 | Bucket teeth The invention is a new design for dipper teeth for bulldozer buckets, comprising a pair of teeth joined by a plate, each tooth having a flat, pointed front edge, longitudinal U-shaped slot at its rear end, and bolt means disposed through an opening in the... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4616433 | Ripping bucket arrangement Among the variety of bucket arrangements that are commonly available, several are specifically designed for ripping applications in materials that are extremely hard to penetrate. While these types of buckets are normally satisfactory in ripping hard, str... | 10/14/1986 |
| 4614476 | Mechanical sugar cane grab loader An improved sugar cane grab loader has a hydraulically actuated grab and supporting boom, and a mechanical pushpiler. The pushpiler has floating teeth to prevent undue ground penetration during its scraping action. The teeth move in free but limited fashi... | 09/30/1986 |
| 4601119 | Corner tooth for a bucket A corner tooth is useful, for example, on construction equipment buckets to protect the sidewalls from abrasive wear which normally results from continued contact with the ground. In order to protect the sidewall, others use elements secured directly to t... | 07/22/1986 |
| 4516340 | Attachment assembly for excavation teeth An attachment assembly for securing an excavation tooth in a row of closely spaced teeth on large earth excavating equipment. The assembly includes a nose piece, an excavation tooth and a securement pin. The nose piece has a base portion which is secured ... | 05/14/1985 |
| 4512090 | Excavator bucket with retractable scraper and scarifier A backhoe is provided with a retractable scraper and scarifier. The backhoe excavator bucket includes a stationary first mounting plate and a second plate pivotally mounted thereon for rotational movement with respect thereto and which carries a scarifier... | 04/23/1985 |
| 4467876 | Ripper tooth means A ripper tooth means is disclosed in combination with a wheeled vehicle having a pair of forwardly extending arms, a frame secured to and extending between the arms, and a horizontal shaft removably mounted on the frame. The ripper tooth means is comprise... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4463812 | Earth moving apparatus Apparatus for mounting on earth moving machinery including a blade portion, a rake portion, a support portion and a mounting portion; the blade portion including a substantially straight elongated plate section and a curved section extending therefrom; th... | 08/07/1984 |
| 4448260 | Pivotal blade spikes for tractors A universal earth-loosening attachment useful with earth-moving vehicles. The attachment mounts to the back side of tractor and bulldozer blades. The attachment includes a spike which engages the earth for loosening the earth during backward motion of the... | 05/15/1984 |
| 4407081 | Bucket tooth attachment means A bucket for use in conjunction with earth working and material handling implements having a plurality of tooth members associated therewith. The bucket includes a cutting-edge plate secured to the leading edge of a backwall plate. The cutting-edge plate ... | 10/04/1983 |
| 4364191 | Piling rake A rake for use with tractors has a blade connectable to a tractor and a plurality of teeth extending from the bottom of the blade. The teeth are pivotally connected to permit movement of the teeth away from objects encountered when the tractor moves. Flui... | 12/21/1982 |
| 4241525 | Swing-away bulldozer teeth assembly A set of ripping teeth secured to a bulldozer blade in either a deployed or undeployed position. The teeth project from a pair of integrally formed support frames with the upper edge of each frame terminating in respective tubular mounting sleeves. Mounti... | 12/30/1980 |
| 4208817 | Router bit assembly for an earth working apparatus PCT No. PCT/US79/00090 Sec. 371 Date Feb. 15, 1979 Sec. 102(e) Date Feb. 15, 1979, PCT Filed Feb. 15, 1979, Ser. No. 30,244. A router bit assembly for an earth working apparatus (10, 12) including earth working means having a generally horizontally elonga... | 06/24/1980 |
| 4204349 | Corner tooth construction A corner tooth construction for a loader bucket in which a corner tooth is welded to a vertically disposed corner reinforcing member and a cutting edge member as an integral part of the bucket structure. The corner tooth can be readily installed or replac... | 05/27/1980 |
| 4086967 | Extended life end bits for bulldozer blades An end bit for selective and adjustable mounting to an earthmoving vehicle structure, such as a bulldozer blade, having opposite corner portions. The bit includes transversely extending cutting edge portions and a mounting portion adapted to be selectivel... | 05/02/1978 |
| 4073077 | Snowplow blade extension Snowplow blades can be immediately varied in length at one or both ends by providing extensions of the same shape as the blade, which extensions carry studs which are received in sockets, preferably lengthwise of the back of the blade. The studs are pinne... | 02/14/1978 |
| 4055223 | Corner tooth assembly for an earthmoving implement having a hollow rearward portion A corner tooth assembly, for an earthmoving implement having an upright sidewall and a cutting edge disposed in laterally extending relation from the sidewall, includes a corner tooth adapter having a hollow rearward portion secured to a lower forward out... | 10/25/1977 |
| 4044481 | Reversible blade bit A reversible bit for selective mounting to an earth-moving blade, such as a bulldozer blade, having opposite corner portions. The bit includes transversely extending cutting edge portions and a mounting portion adapted to be selectively mounted to opposit... | 08/30/1977 |
| 4019268 | Apparatus for compacting snow for skiing This invention is directed to an apparatus for compacting snow for skiing and snowmobiling. It includes an elongated snow compacting member with means which permit its ends to move upwardly and downwardly so that when one end contacts an elevated snow sur... | 04/26/1977 |
| 3994084 | Adjustable feedthrough router bit for scrapers and the like In earthmoving equipment, such as a scraper, an adjustable feedthrough protective bit is mounted on each side wall of the bowl in position to protect the leading edges of the bowl in the vicinity of a cutter blade extending between said side walls. Guide ... | 11/30/1976 |
