Patent ID: 8464443

Claim:
A fixing device for fixing a bucket from to an excavating bucket, the fixing device comprising: a coupling piece engaged with a vertically extending sidewall of the excavating bucket, the coupling piece comprising a bottom surface having one of a plurality of projections and a complimentary plurality of recesses; wherein the other of the plurality of projections and plurality of recesses are formed in a top surface of the bucket front; and a locking bolt that couples the bucket front to the side portion by retaining the plurality of projections in the plurality of recesses; wherein a first plurality of aligned openings are formed in the plurality of projections and wherein a second plurality of aligned openings are formed in the bucket front, wherein the first plurality of aligned openings are interdigitated and aligned with the second plurality of aligned openings when the plurality of projections are disposed in the plurality of recesses, and wherein the locking bolt extends through the first and second pluralities of aligned openings.