Patent ID: 6718662
Filing Date: 2004-04-13
Classification: E02F,Y10S

Abstract:
An attachment for the bucket of a front-end loader, the bucket having a back, a bottom with a forward end having a plurality of transverse attachment holes, and sides, each of the sides having at least one bucket mounting hole, the attachment comprising:a rake comprising: a plurality of teeth oriented substantially parallel to one another in a row, each of the teeth having a front end, a middle portion and a back end, and each of the teeth at the ends of the row having a rake mounting hole therein; a back transverse member to which the back ends of the teeth are attached; a middle transverse member to which the middle portions of the teeth are attached, the middle transverse member forming a pocket that is configured to receive the forward end of the bucket, the middle transverse member having a plurality of transverse mounting holes therein that align with the transverse attachment holes on the forward end of the bucket for attaching the attachment to the forward end of the bucket by bolting; and at least one transverse rod perforating and supporting the teeth between the points of attachment of the middle transverse member and the front ends; and two end brackets, each of the end brackets having a rake attachment hole at one extremity that aligns with the rake mounting hole on one of the end teeth and a bucket attachment hole at a second extremity that aligns with the at least one bucket mounting hole on the bucket for mounting of the rake on the bucket by bolting.