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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 1977
Filed:
Aug. 30, 1976
Visvaldis A Stepe, Willow Springs, IL (US);
Caterpillar Tractor Co., Peoria, IL (US);
Abstract
A strengthened loader bucket and a replaceable cutting edge includes a bucket shell having a floor with at least two strengthening members weldably secured to the upper surface of the floor in longitudinally extending and laterally spaced apart relation and individually having a nose portion thereon. The replaceable cutting edge includes a blade with at least two housing elements weldably secured to an upper surface thereof which provides therewith at least two sockets that are individually adapted to receive the nose portions of the strengthening members interlockingly therein and being so constructed and arranged that the blade is generally coplanar with the floor.