US 11,982,067 B2
Bucket for an earth-working or materials-handling machine
Brian Coulson, Durham (GB)
Assigned to SSAB TECHNOLOGY AB, Stockholm (SE)
Appl. No. 17/299,041
Filed by SSAB TECHNOLOGY AB, Stockholm (SE)
PCT Filed Dec. 6, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/084031
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 2, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/115300, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 11, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 18211069 (EP), filed on Dec. 7, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0034062 A1, Feb. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. E02F 3/40 (2006.01); E02F 9/28 (2006.01)
CPC E02F 3/40 (2013.01) [E02F 9/2883 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bucket for an earth-working or materials-handling machine, comprising,
a top portion,
a first side wall and a second side wall,
a bucket floor extending from a front cutting edge up to the top portion, wherein
the front cutting edge, the first and second side walls and the top portion form a bucket opening, seen from a front view of the bucket,
the bucket floor has an inside facing towards the bucket opening and an outside facing away from the bucket opening,
wherein the bucket floor has a respective edge positioned proximate to a corresponding edge of each of the first and second side walls so that the bucket floor defines a respective gap between the respective edge of the bucket floor and the corresponding edge of each one of the side walls,
characterized in that
the bucket floor comprises a first rail section and a second rail section, wherein each one of the first and second rail sections comprises at least one detachable wear component connected to the bucket floor,
the bucket floor further comprises at least one inverted keel section with a trough portion on the outside of the bucket floor and a ridge portion on the inside of the bucket floor,
wherein each one of the first and second rail sections is mounted to close or traverse the respective gap between the respective edge of the bucket floor and the corresponding edge of each one of the side walls.