US1453540A - Bucket - Google Patents

Description

- May 1,' 1923.

F. BEACH ET AL- BUCKET Filed Dec. 22 1921 Patented May 1, 1923.

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FITCH H. BEACH AND FRED s. BEACH, or onnanor'rnniomean- I BUCKET.

Application filed. December 22, 1921. Serial No. 524,223.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that W6,1FITGH H. BEACH and FRED S. BEACH, citizens of the United States, residing at Charlotte, in the county of Eaton, State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Bucket, of which the following is a specification.

This'invention relates to scoop construc-' tions, and more particularly to a scoop construction especially designed for scooping beach sand, gravel or the like.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a scoop wherein the back wall thereof is provided with a hinged section adapted to pivot forwardly, when the bucket is being returned for filling.

Another object of the invention is to provide removable shoes to receive the wear caused by the bucket passing over the sand.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a partial cover for the scoop to cause the scoop to tilt rearwardly, when the same is loaded, thereby preventing further scooping when the scoop has been filled to its capacity.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, maybe made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Referring to the drawing Figure 1 is a perspective View of a scoop or bucket constructed in accordance with the present invention.

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view through the scoop.

Figure 3 is an enlarged detail view of one of the removable shoes.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the.-

scoop embodies side bars 5 which are dis posed in spaced relation with each other and held in such position as by means of the spacing rod 6, disposed adjacent to the forward and rear ends thereof.

The sides of the bucket are formed preferably of sheet metal and are indicated at 7, the side members being connected by means of the top section 8 and rear section 9, there being provided suitable angle bars 10 em bracing portions of the top section 8 and sides 7. y

Forming a part of the rear section 9 is a hinged section 11 connected to the rear section 9 as by means of the hinge 12. Supported along the lower edge of the section 11 1s a cutting blade 13 which is secured thereto in any suitable manner, the blade being constructed to cut into the sand and scoop the same within the bucket.

In order that the bars 5 will be supported in spaced relation with the surface over which the scoop is being moved, curved shoes 14; are provided which are bolted to the side bars 5 as by means of the bolts 15 which pass through registering openings tween which are moved the pulleys 17 that provide means for connecting a power cable '70- 3 formed in the shoes and bars 5. Secured to the scoop at a point intermediate the width thereof are the spaced angle irons 16," beto'thescoop in order that the scoop may be c i moved to and from the material being moved.

A hitch as indicated at 18 has connection with the side bars '5 at the respective ends thereof, which hitches provide means for securing the power cables to the scoop.

From the foregoing it will be seen that as.

the scoop is forced into the sand or gravel, the same moves upwardly within the scoop until the rear portion thereof is filled. The

sand or gravel contacting with the upper section 8 causes the scoop to tilt rearwardly on the rear shoes, throwing the blade 13 out of contact with the sand surface.

When the scoop has been moved to its proper dumping position, and is being returned to its loading position, the hinged section 11 of the rear section 9 pivots upwardly and out of scooping relationwith the ground surface over which the scoop is moving, eliminating wear on the cutting blade 13 thereof.

Having thus described the invention. what is claimed as new is A scoop including side bars, a body portion secured to the side bars, said vbody portion including side members, a rear wall having connection with the side'members and including an upperstationary section and a lower digging section, means for hingedly connecting the digging section to as our own, We have hereto afiixed our signathe upper stationary section, the lower edge tures in the presence of two Witnesses. of the di in section extendin an a preci s i able diStZECG bGIOW the lower edges of the 5 side bars to digeinto the surface over which F the scoop is being moveol and a top section Vitnesses:

for connecting the side members. ALBERTA KNOWLEs,

In testimony that We claim the foregoing A. J. TILToN.

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