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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2022
Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuji Ono, Chiba, JP;
SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The shovel includes an attachment including a boom; an arm; and a bucket, wherein the bucket includes a first part and a second part, shapes of the first and second parts being mutually different, and wherein the attachment performs, in response to an operation of the attachment, a first action or a second action, the first operation causing the attachment to activate such that the first part moves along a predetermined trajectory, and the second operation causing the attachment to activate such that the second part moves along another predetermined trajectory, and wherein the shovel is configured to switch, based on at least one from among a state of the shovel and a circumference state of the shovel, between a case where the first action is performed and a case where the second action is performed.