ATBECHDEDKESFRGBGRITLILUNLSEMCPTIESILTLVFIROMKCYALTRBGCZEEHU..SK................JDIM360 (Ver 1.5 21 Nov 2005) - 1620000/01403439EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATIONA320060201EP03256139.120030929enenen200228710820020930JP2006020120060520040331200414E02F 9/28 20060101AFI20040116BHEP deZahn für BaggerschaufelenExcavator bucket toothfrDent pour la pelle d'une excavatrice3Echigo Shoji Co. Ltd.04579350SEM/RTB/382929353-102 Aza Ueda-machi, Ooaza Teradomari, Teradomari-machiSantou-Gun, Niigata-ken 940-2502JPWatanabe, Kiyoshi Echigo Shoji Co., Ltd.9353-102, Aza Ueda-machi, Teradomari-machiSantou-gun, Nigata-ken 940-2502JPMurgatroyd, Susan Elizabethet al00055511Baron & Warren, 19 South EndKensington, London W8 5BUGBATBEBGCHCYCZDEDKEEESFIFRGBGRHUIEITLILUMCNLPTROSESISKTRALLTLVMK20060201200605

A tooth block (2) to be attached to a bucket (1) for a shovel machine, wherein the tooth block (2) is removably attached to the bucket (1) through an adapter member (3) provided at the lip of the bucket and projecting therefrom. The tooth block (2) is provided with a masking portion (4) for masking the gap produced between the lip of the bucket (1) and the base of the tooth block (2) when the tooth block (2) is attached to the lip of the bucket (1). The masking portion (4) is provided outside the base of the tooth block (2) such that the masking portion (4) is overlapped with the outer surface of the lip of the bucket (1), and is connected and fixed to the bucket (1) through a fixing portion (5).