Patent ID: 8333543

Claim:
A bucket and blade assembly for a mining scoop, comprising: a bucket having two opposing side walls, a bottom floor, and a back wall, wherein the back wall has a cylinder rod mount attached thereto; an ejector blade, having two opposing ends, slidably disposed within the bucket extending from the floor between the opposing side walls, wherein the ejector blade has an opening disposed therethrough for accommodating a capped cylinder with a closed end, wherein the capped cylinder has a retainer plate, with an opening therethrough, disposed opposite the closed end of the capped cylinder, to hold the capped cylinder in the ejector blade opening; a telescoping hydraulic cylinder having retractable concentric cylinders ranging from smallest to largest cylinders, wherein the smallest cylinder has a cylinder rod mount coupling for engaging the cylinder rod mount, and the largest cylinder has a collar disposed about the cylinder, the collar having opposing pins extending outward therefrom; and two holders extend from the retainer plate, each holder having an opening for rotatably accommodating the pins, forming a trunnion, such that the end of the largest cylinder mount extends into the capped cylinder opposite the back wall of the bucket.