Patent ID: 7624522
Filing Date: 2009-12-01
Classification: E02F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. Excavator bucket cleaning apparatus comprising an excavator boom, a bucket rotatable about the distal end of said boom, a rigid action plate pivoted to the interior of said bucket, said bucket comprising a curved bottom and said action plate being curved to conform generally to said bottom, a cable interconnecting said boom and the free end of said action plate, said cable being connected at one end to said action plate by means of a detachable coupler, said cable being adjustably interconnected at the other end to said boom, a pair of spaced wear plates being attached to said boom and being in intermittent contact with said cable, an attachment block being secured to said boom, said attachment block being multisided and open on one side, a pair of spaced plates secured within said attachment block, a pair of apertures disposed respectively in said plates, said cable extending through said apertures and said cable being interconnected to said boom by an attachment pin, said attachment pin being housed within said attachment block generally between said plates, and said coupler being pivotally interconnected to said action plate.