Detachable cutting edge and tip-adapter arrangement for loader buckets

摘要

A loader bucket comprises a bottom wall having an elongated general purpose edge disposed forwardly thereon. A cutting edge is bolted onto an underside of the general purpose edge along with a plurality of laterally spaced adapters. A plurality of U-shaped notches are formed on a forward edge of the cutting edge and each notch receives a like-shaped lower portion of an adapter therein. Each adapter has a hardened earthworking tip detachably mounted thereon by a pin. In a first embodiment of this invention, the cutting edge is reversible and has a plurality of such notches formed on both the forward and rearward edges thereof whereas in a second embodiment of this invention such notches are solely formed on the forward edge of the cutting edge.