Patent ID: 11952740
Assignee: AUSTIN ENGINEERING LIMITED
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E | IPC E

Claim 17:
18. An excavator for excavating ground material from the ground, comprising:
a support;
an articulating member extending from the support; and
a bucket comprising a handling section that is connected to a separate load section and a mouth through which ground material is received into the load section and through which ground material is discharged, wherein:
the load section comprises a base, a wall extending up from the base and an open side that defines the mouth;
the handling section comprises a mounting arrangement configured for coupling to a hydraulic bucket handling arrangement for pivoting the bucket between a loading position and a discharge position; and
the handling section includes a mounting formation, and the load section includes a further mounting formation that is complementary to said mounting formation and wherein the load section and the handling sections are connected together such that the load section is separable from the handling section so that the load section can be separated and replaced with another load section.