Patent ID: 7832130
Filing Date: 2010-11-16
Classification: E02F

Abstract:
1. A mounting bracket for mounting a processor attachment to the boom or stick of excavators, the bracket comprising: a stick-mounting assembly constructed to pivotally connect to a stick of a first excavator for relative pivotal movement about a stick mounting axis; a bucket-cylinder-linkage-mounting assembly constructed to pivotally connect to a bucket cylinder linkage assembly of the first excavator for relative pivotal movement about a bucket cylinder linkage mounting axis; a boom-mounting assembly constructed to pivotally connect to a boom of a second excavator for relative pivotal movement about a boom mounting axis; and a stick-cylinder-mounting assembly constructed to pivotally connect to a stick cylinder assembly of the second excavator for relative pivotal movement about a stick cylinder mounting axis, wherein the stick-mounting assembly, the bucket-cylinder-linkage-mounting assembly, the boom-mounting assembly, and the stick-cylinder-mounting assembly are mounted to each other, wherein the bracket has a longitudinal axis that is perpendicular to the stick mounting axis, wherein the bracket is constructed and arranged to connect to the stick in a first orientation about the longitudinal axis relative to the stick, and wherein the bracket is constructed and arranged to connect to the boom in a second orientation about the longitudinal axis relative to the boom, the second orientation differing from the first orientation by 180 degrees about the longitudinal axis.