Attachments for digger buckets

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EP 0 911 450 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	21.03.2001 Bulletin 2001/12

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	28.04.1999 Bulletin 1999/17

(21)	Application number: 98308653.9

(22)	Date of filing: 22.10.1998

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: E02F 3/96

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

25.10.1997 GB 9722488

(71)	Applicant: Guscott, Peter John
	Exeter, Devon EX2 5RW (GB)

(72)	Inventor:
	Guscott, Peter John Exeter, Devon EX2 5RW (GB)

(74)	Representative: Brown, Michael Stanley
	Alpha and Omega Chine Croft East Hill Ottery St. Mary Devon EX11 1PJ Ottery St. Mary Devon EX11 1PJ (GB)

(54)	Attachments for digger buckets

(57) An attachment is provided for mounting on a digger bucket having projecting teeth. The attachment includes a jaw (10) which can be fitted over an edge of the bucket, a locking assembly (18) for holding the jaw (10) in engagement with the edge of the bucket, and load transfer means (27, 31) for transferring a significant proportion of the weight of an object being lifted to the digger teeth.

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