Patent ID: 9452912
Filing Date: 2016-09-27
CPC Classification: B66C,E02F

Claim Text:
1. A power bucket comprising: a first and a second swing arm, each having two spaced ends, a first end of each swing arm being pivotally secured together, a first bucket half and a second bucket half, each bucket half having a top, a bottom having cutting edge and spaced sidewalls, said first bucket half being pivotally mounted to a second end of said first swing arm and said second bucket half being pivotally mounted to a second end of said second swing arm, said bucket halves being pivotally mounted together and pivotal between an open and a closed position around a pivot connection, a first hydraulic actuator operatively connected between said first swing arm and said first bucket half, a second hydraulic actuator operatively connected between said second swing arm and said second bucket half, a source of hydraulic pressure, wherein actuation of said hydraulic actuators by selective connection with said source of hydraulic pressure pivots said bucket halves between said open and said closed position, wherein the connection of said actuators to said swing arms and said bucket halves is selected so that said cutting edges of said bucket halves move substantially along a horizontal plane and exhibit a substantially level cut as said bucket halves move between said open and said closed positions.