A bucket assembly for use with a piece of construction equipment, the bucket assembly including a bucket including a base wall with a leading edge, where the bucket defines a bucket width, and a bucket frame pivotably coupled to the bucket and configured to be mounted to the piece of construction equipment, where the bucket frame defines a pivot axis about which the bucket pivots relative to the bucket frame over a pre-determined range of motion, where the pivot axis is parallel to the base wall of the bucket and perpendicular to the leading edge of the bucket, and where the pivot axis is centered along the bucket width.

The excavator bucket with retractable teeth is a mechanical structure. The excavator bucket with retractable teeth forms the working element of an excavator. The excavator bucket with retractable teeth comprises an excavator bucket and a hydraulic structure. The hydraulic structure installs in the excavator bucket. The excavator bucket is a pan used to receive and transport soil removed from the ground. The hydraulic structure is a toothed structure used to break up the ground before excavating the soil into the excavator bucket. The hydraulic structure moves between a deployed position and a retracted position. In the deployed position, the hydraulic structure presents a plurality of individual tooth structures used to break up the ground. In the retracted position, the plurality of individual tooth structures are fully enclosed in the excavator bucket such that the excavation process proceeds without the benefit of the plurality of individual tooth structures.

A tilt adjustable head attachment assembly for a clamshell style bucket for orienting first and second bucket halves at an angle relative to a length axis extending through an elongated and rigid attachment associated with a piece of power equipment, for supporting and manipulating the bucket. A frame has a three dimensional body, upwardly extending pillar mounts located at upper ends of the body and incorporating support shafts for receiving overlapping hinged locations associated with support arms for each of the first and second clamshell bucket halves. A platen is positioned pivotally arranged between the pillar mounts and includes an upper location engaged by an end projection of the elongated attachment. A cylinder is connected to a fixed underside location of the frame at a first end and to the platen at a second end and, upon being actuated, pivotally displacing the platen to in turn angle the frame and supported clamshell bucket halves relative to the excavator attachment according to a desired orientation.

A tilt adjustable head attachment assembly for a clamshell style bucket for orienting first and second bucket halves at an angle relative to a length axis extending through an elongated and rigid attachment associated with a piece of power equipment, for supporting and manipulating the bucket. A frame has a three dimensional body, upwardly extending pillar mounts located at upper ends of the body and incorporating support shafts for receiving overlapping hinged locations associated with support arms for each of the first and second clamshell bucket halves. A platen is positioned pivotally arranged between the pillar mounts and includes an upper location engaged by an end projection of the elongated attachment. A cylinder is connected to a fixed underside location of the frame at a first end and to the platen at a second end and, upon being actuated, pivotally displacing the platen to in turn angle the frame and supported clamshell bucket halves relative to the excavator attachment according to a desired orientation.

A work machine is capable of rotating an attachment while appropriately supporting a load applied to the attachment. The work machine has a hydraulic cylinder attached to a body side surface of an arm and a first link rod extending along a back side surface of the arm. A second link rod is rotatably supported via a first pin extending in the width direction of a front working device, and has one end projecting toward the back side surface of the arm and the other end projecting toward the body side surface thereof. One end of the first link rod is rotatably connected to the attachment. One end of the second link rod is rotatably connected to the other end of the first link rod, and the other end thereof is rotatably connected to a distal end of a cylinder rod of the hydraulic cylinder via a third pin.

A work machine is capable of rotating an attachment while appropriately supporting a load applied to the attachment. The work machine has a hydraulic cylinder attached to a body side surface of an arm and a first link rod extending along a back side surface of the arm. A second link rod is rotatably supported via a first pin extending in the width direction of a front working device, and has one end projecting toward the back side surface of the arm and the other end projecting toward the body side surface thereof. One end of the first link rod is rotatably connected to the attachment. One end of the second link rod is rotatably connected to the other end of the first link rod, and the other end thereof is rotatably connected to a distal end of a cylinder rod of the hydraulic cylinder via a third pin.

A method of analyzing minerals received within a mining shovel bucket includes collecting data associated with ore received in the bucket, where the bucket includes at least one active sensor, where the ore includes one or more mineral, and where the ore is within a field of the active sensor. The method further includes determining a content of the minerals using the data, transmitting information relating to the content of the minerals to a decision support system, and sorting or processing the ore based on an output of the decision support system. Collecting data associated with the ores may include generating source signals, applying the source signals to the active sensor, collecting a response from the active sensor, and comparing the response with a reference or threshold. Other features are disclosed.

A method of analyzing minerals received within a mining shovel bucket includes collecting data associated with ore received in the bucket, where the bucket includes at least one active sensor, where the ore includes one or more mineral, and where the ore is within a field of the active sensor. The method further includes determining a content of the minerals using the data, transmitting information relating to the content of the minerals to a decision support system, and sorting or processing the ore based on an output of the decision support system. Collecting data associated with the ores may include generating source signals, applying the source signals to the active sensor, collecting a response from the active sensor, and comparing the response with a reference or threshold. Other features are disclosed.

A working machine detects a bucket angle that is an angle of an opening face of a bucket with respect to a vertical direction orthogonal to a horizontal plane on the basis of detection data indicating a posture of a working device detected by a posture sensor, determines whether an object is accommodated in the bucket or not on the basis of a detected load value of the object accommodated in the bucket, and determines that the object accommodated in the bucket is discharged when the detected bucket angle is on a discharge side beyond a discharge reference angle, and the load value detected by a load detection part is smaller than a load threshold, after the determination that an object is accommodated in the bucket.

A working machine detects a bucket angle that is an angle of an opening face of a bucket with respect to a vertical direction orthogonal to a horizontal plane on the basis of detection data indicating a posture of a working device detected by a posture sensor, determines whether an object is accommodated in the bucket or not on the basis of a detected load value of the object accommodated in the bucket, and determines that the object accommodated in the bucket is discharged when the detected bucket angle is on a discharge side beyond a discharge reference angle, and the load value detected by a load detection part is smaller than a load threshold, after the determination that an object is accommodated in the bucket.