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EP 0930401 B1 20021120 - Excavator bucket

Title (en)

Excavator bucket

Title (de)

Baggerlöffel

Title (fr)

Godet d'excavateur

Publication

EP 0930401 B1 20021120 (DE)

Application

EP 98123548 A 19981209

Priority

DE 19801938 A 19980120

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP0930401A2] The excavator bucket (10), for a trench excavator (20), has a scraper box (12) with a second upper scraper opening (42) away from the ground base, to take out a trench edge strip (24). The outline of the second scraper opening (42) has a free end edge as a cutter. An end wall has a wide side edging, opposite the first scraper opening (36) of the scraper box (12).

IPC 1-7

E02F 3/40; E02F 5/02

IPC 8 full level

E02F 3/40 (2006.01); E02F 5/02 (2006.01); E02F 9/28 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

E02F 3/40 (2013.01); E02F 9/2883 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH DE DK FR IT LI NL

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0930401 A2 19990721; EP 0930401 A3 20000621; EP 0930401 B1 20021120; AT E228191 T1 20021215; DE 19801938 A1 19990722; DE 59806349 D1 20030102; DK 0930401 T3 20030317

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 98123548 A 19981209; AT 98123548 T 19981209; DE 19801938 A 19980120; DE 59806349 T 19981209; DK 98123548 T 19981209