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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2002
Filed:
May. 12, 2000
Roy V. Brookhart, Cary, NC (US);
Scott E. Keele, Cary, NC (US);
J. Brian Normann, Holly Springs, NC (US);
Kevin J. Romanchok, Holly Springs, NC (US);
Philip H. Warren, Jr., Holly Springs, NC (US);
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Abstract
A tiltable bucket assembly includes a bucket and an interface member. The bucket has a front loading portion, a rear connecting portion with a front surface adjacent the front loading portion and a rear surface opposite therefrom, and a pair of spaced guide members connected to the rear surface. The bucket defines a substantially enclosed chamber that extends from the front surface and terminates within the front loading portion. The interface member is rotatably mounted with the bucket. The interface member has opposed side portions supported within the guide members. A hydraulic cylinder is located within the chamber and has a rod end portion connected to the bucket and a head end portion connected to the interface member. The hydraulic cylinder is adapted to provide rotational movement of the bucket about the interface member upon actuation.