US 12,473,708 B2
Wheel or track loader and self-loading aggregate dispenser
James Hefner, Grafton, WV (US)
Filed by James Hefner, Grafton, WV (US)
Filed on Jul. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/814,421.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/260,122, filed on Aug. 10, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0047650 A1, Feb. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. E02F 3/407 (2006.01)
CPC E02F 3/4075 (2013.01) 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
14. A bucket of a front-end loader, the bucket comprising:
a material discharging apparatus pivotably coupled to an upper aft portion of the bucket so as to be movable between an open position and a closed position placing a forward-facing central dispensing opening forward of the bucket wherein an aft edge of a bottom plate of the material discharging apparatus aligns with a lip of a bottom edge of the bucket, whereby an enclosed structure is formed in the closed position so that when the bucket is tilted forwardly a material contained by the bucket is dispensable through the forward-facing central dispensing opening and the material is prevented from passing between the bottom plate and the bottom edge.