US1106146A

US1106146A - Excavating-bucket.

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Publication number: US1106146A
Application number: US79528813A
Authority: US
Inventors: Joseph J Higgins
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1913-10-15
Filing date: 1913-10-15
Publication date: 1914-08-04
Anticipated expiration: 1931-08-04

Description

J. J. HIGGINS.

BXCAVATING BUCKET.

APPLICATION FILED 0GT.15.1913.

Patented Aug. 4, 1914.

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JOSEPH J. HIGGINS, OF SILVER GREEK, PENNSYLVANIA.

EXCAVATING-BUGKET.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Josnrn J. HIGGINS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Silver Creek, in the county of Schuylkill and State of Pennsylvania, have made certain new and useful Improvements in Excavating-Buckets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in excavating buckets and it consists in the combinations, constructions, and arrangements herein described and claimed.

An object of my invention is to provide a bucket having means for suspending the same which may be readily attached to or detached from the bucket in a minimum time.

A further object of my invention is to provide a bucket having suspending means which are less liable to be broken than the ordinary bolts.

Other objects and advantages will appear in the following specification and the novel features of the device will be particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings forming part of this application in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the bucket showing the attaching means, and Fig. 2 is a plan view of the bucket.

In carrying out my invention I make use of a bucket of any shape, but preferably of that shape shown in Fig. 1. It will be understood that this bucket is to be used in connection with an elevator for elevating coal or other minerals from mines.

The elevator buckets now in common use have an attachment which is made by a bolt inserted in holes in the body portion of the bucket with a nut on the inside of the bucket for holding the bolts. These bolts break frequently due to heavy weights imposed on the elevator and require considerable delay and expense in making repairs. The device which forms the subject of the present invention is designed to prevent delav in making repairs and also to avoid the frequency of breaks.

The bucket consists of a body portion 1 having sloping sides and end portions 2, which are secured to thebody portion by means of rivets or in any other suitable manner. This forms a V-shaped receptacle as shown.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 15, 1913.

Patented Aug. 4, 1914.

Serial No. 795,288.

The attachments for holding the bucket consist of a link 3 having loops 3* at its ends. The link provided with a pair of arms such as those shown at -1L and The arm 4 is bent laterally at l, thence inwardly at l", passing through an opening 6 in the end 2, is bent laterally at l again and lies close to the side of the end member 2 of the bucket. The arm 5 is bent laterally in the opposite direction at 5 and is bent at 5", the arm passing through one of the openings (3, being bent laterally again at 5 and being brought up close against the side of the end member 2. The attachment on the opposite end is similarly secured to the end member 2 of the bucket.

From the foregoing description of the various parts of the device the operation thereof may be readily understood.

The links 3 having loops 3* at each end are provided with the arms 4 and 5 which are bent laterally at a and 5 and P and 5". The ends of the arms 4 and 5 are inserted tln'oughthe openings (3 and are then bent at l" and 5 outwardly against the inner wall of the end member 2. The other attachment is similarly secured.

It will be noted that the slots 6 in the ends 2 are elongated. This provides for arms 4 of considerable width with respect to their thickness so that when they are bent in the manner described they present a thick portion of metal which must be sheared oil if the attachment is broken from the bucket. This rarely occurs, since, as stated, in order to break the device off it must be broken clear across the width of the strips 4 and 5. If, however, one of these devices is broken the ends are bent inwardly and the device is in'nncdiatcly withdrawn, a new attachment being placed in position and the ends being bent so as to lie close against the inside of the end members 2.

It will be observed that the portions of the arms between the bends 4, L" and 5, 5 respectively form abutments to prevent the inward movement of the attachment, while the bent ends of the attachment on the inner sides of the wall prevent the outer movement. There is therefore no play inwardly and outwardly through the openings 6.

I claim:

In an elevator bucket, a body portion, end portions secured thereto and provided with vertically extending elongated slots,

vertically extending links having loops at their ends, a pair of arms secured to said links at their central portions, said arms being bent laterally, a portion of said arms 5 being arranged to abut the outer side of the end portions, the ends of said arms being bent inwardly and arranged to extend through said openings and being bent back upon themselves to lie close to the inner sidesof said end portions.

JOSEPH J. HIGGINS. Vitnesses:

JAMES J MORAN, ALBERT K. MOYER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, 10. G