Patent ID: 6910290

Claim:
A device providing a combined bucket and scarifier comprising: a bucket having a bottom wall, a rear wall, and two side walls coupled to the bottom wall and the rear wall to define an interior space, the bucket having an open front end and the rear wall being generally rectangular having a long axis, a scarifier operatively associated with the bucket, the scarifier having a plurality of teeth constructed and arranged to be moved with respect to the bucket between a stored, inoperative position, and an operative position with portions of the teeth extending outwardly with respect to a portion of the bottom wall of the bucket, and actuating structure mounted with respect to the bucket, the actuating structure including at least one cylinder unit having a piston, and linkages coupled between the piston and teeth such that movement of the piston causes movement of the linkages thereby causing movement of the teeth between the inoperative and operative positions, the cylinder unit being mounted with respect to the rear wall such that the piston extends generally along the long axis of the rear wall, wherein the teeth are coupled to a common rotatable shaft, the linkages being constructed and arranged to transfer generally horizontal linear motion of the piston to generally vertical linear motion and then to rotational motion to rotate the common rotatable shaft.