Fiber pulling winch attachment for an excavator bucket

Abstract

An improved fiber cable pulling winch attachment for an excavator. The winch attachment has a pair of bucket mounts that are attached to an excavator's bucket. A Y-shaped mount that is mounted on the bucket mounts. A hydraulic motor and spool attachment that is inserted within the Y-shaped mount. And a hydraulic motor and spool that are secured on the hydraulic motor and spool attachment, wherein the spool and the hydraulic motor are operatively connected to each other.

Claims

1. An improved fiber cable pulling winch attachment for an excavator bucket, the attachment comprises: a pair of bucket mounts that define at least one through hole, each bucket mount is welded to an excavator's bucket at positions that are outward of the excavator's bucket's attachment member; that attach to an excavator's arm; a plurality of pins; a Y-shaped mount that defines through holes on each extremity of the Y-shaped mount, the Y-shaped mount defines two parallel extremities that are hollow and a central extremity that is hollow and that is centered between the two parallel extremities and that runs in an opposite direction from the two parallel extremities, the two parallel extremities are mounted on the bucket mounts and are secured to the bucket mounts via pins that are placed through the at least one through hole of the bucket mounts and the two parallel extremities of the Y-shaped mount; a hydraulic motor and spool attachment that has a first and a second end, the first end defines a shaft that defines through holes that inserts within the central extremity of the Y-shaped mount and is secured to the Y-shaped mount via at least one pin, the second end defines a central cavity; a hydraulic motor that is secured to a first side of the second end of the hydraulic motor and spool attachment; and a spool that is attached to a second side of the second end of the hydraulic motor and spool attachment, the spool and the hydraulic motor are operatively connected to each other.

2. The improved fiber cable pulling winch attachment for an excavator bucket of claim 1, the attachment comprises a handle that is attached to the second end of the hydraulic motor and spool attachment.

3. The improved fiber cable pulling winch attachment for an excavator bucket of claim 2, wherein the bucket mount, the Y-shaped mount and the hydraulic motor and spool attachment are all made of either a metal, an iron or a steel material.

4. The improved fiber cable pulling winch attachment for an excavator bucket of claim 1, wherein the bucket mount, the Y-shaped mount and the hydraulic motor and spool attachment are all made of either a metal, an iron or a steel material.

Description

DRAWINGS

(1) These and other features, aspects, and advantages of the present invention will become better understood with regards to the following description, appended claims, and drawings where:

(2) FIG. 1 is a top plan view of the present invention;

(3) FIG. 2 is a side view showing how the present invention is attached and connected;

(4) FIG. 3 is a perspective view that shows the present invention on an excavator;

(5) FIG. 4 is a perspective top view that shows the present invention on the scoop of the excavator; and

(6) FIG. 5 is a perspective view that shows the present invention on the scoop of the excavator.

DESCRIPTION

(7) As seen in FIGS. 1-5, the present invention describes an improved fiber cable pulling winch attachment 100 for an excavator bucket. The attachment 100 comprises a pair of bucket mounts 10 that define at least one through hole 12, each bucket mount 10 is welded to an excavator's bucket 14 at positions 14a that are outward of the excavator's bucket's attachment member; 14b that attach to an excavator's arm 16. A plurality of pins 18 are used to connect elements of the present invention. A Y-shaped mount 20 that defines through holes 22 on each extremity of the mount, the Y-shaped mount defines two parallel extremities 20a that are hollow and a central extremity 20b that is hollow and that is centered between the two parallel extremities 20a and that runs in an opposite direction from the two parallel extremities 20a, the two parallel extremities 20a are mounted on the bucket mounts 10 and are secured to the bucket mounts via pins 18 that are placed through the through holes of the bucket mounts 12 and the two parallel extremities 20a of the Y-shaped mount 20. A hydraulic motor and spool attachment 30 that has a first 30a and a second end 30b, the first end 30a defines a shaft 32 that defines through holes 34 that inserts within the central extremity 20b of the Y-shaped mount 20 and is secured to the Y-shaped mount 20 via at least one pin 18, the second end 30b defines a central cavity 36. A hydraulic motor 40 that is secured to a first side 30c of the second end 30b of the hydraulic motor and spool attachment 30. A spool 50 that is attached to a second side 30d of the second end 30b of the hydraulic motor and spool attachment 30, the spool 50 and the hydraulic motor 40 are operatively connected to each other. And, a handle 60 that is attached to the second end 30b of the hydraulic motor and spool attachment 30.

(8) The bucket mounts 10, the Y-shaped mount 20, and the hydraulic motor and spool attachment 30 are all made of either a metal, an iron or a steel material.

(9) An advantage of the present invention is that it provides an improved fiber cable pulling winch attachment for an excavator bucket that allows the bucket mounts to remain on the excavator's bucket when not using the hydraulic motor and spool attachments to pull fiber cable from a conduit.

(10) Another advantage of the present invention is that it provides an improved fiber cable pulling winch attachment for an excavator bucket wherein the spool of the device linearly lines up with the arm of an excavator, thereby maintaining a center of gravity that corresponds to the center of gravity of the bucket that is attached to the excavator's arm.

(11) While the inventor's above description contains many specificities, these should not be construed as limitations on the scope, but rather as an exemplification of several preferred embodiments thereof. Accordingly, the scope should not be determined by the embodiments illustrated, but by the appended claims and their legal equivalents.