Front end loader scoop for handling potatoes and the like in the bulk

Claim 1

IN A TRACTOR MOUNTED FRONT END LOADER, ESPECIALLY FOR HANDLING IN THE BULK PERISHABLE ARTICLES SUCH AS POTATOES, OF THE TYPE INCLUDING A SCOOP PIVOTALLY SUPPORTED BY PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ARMS WHICH ARE MOVED UP AND DOWN BY POWER MEANS AND CARRY MEANS FOR CONTROLLING THE PIVOTAL MOVEMENT OF SAID SCOOP, THE IMPROVEMENTS COMPRISING SAID SCOOP CONTROLLING MEANS INCLUDING DOUBLE ACTING FLUID OPERATED JACKS PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON SAID ARMS AND PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO SAID SCOOP ON AN AXIS SPACED FROM THE PIVOTAL SUPPORT AXIS OF SAID SCOOP ON SAID ARMS FOR POSITIVELY CONTROLLING THE SPEED AND ANGLE OF PIVOTING OF SAID SCOOP RELATIVE TO SAID ARMS, SAID CONTROLLING MEANS ALSO INCLUDING STOP MEANS IN THE FORM OF ABUTMENTS ON SAID SCOOP FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID JACKS TO LIMIT RETRACTION OF SAID JACKS AND FIX THE ANGLE OF SAID SCOOP RELATIVE TO SAID ARMS SO THAT WHEN SAID ARMS ARE FULLY LOWERED THE FRONT BOTTOM EDGE OF SAID SCOOP ENGAGES THE GROUND SURFACE BUT THE REAR OF THE BOTTOM OF THE SCOOP IS ELEVATED SLIGHTLY FROM THE PLANE OF SUCH GROUND SURFACE, AND SAID SCOOP COMPRISING A PAIR OF END PLATES OF LIKE CRESCENT-LIKE SHAPE WITH ELONGATED FLAT BOTTOM EDGES TERMINATING IN POINTED FRONT ENDS AND HAVING CURVED REAR EDGES TERMINATING IN SQUARED UPPER ENDS, A FRONT CROSSPLATE CONNECTING SAID END PLATES AT THE POINTED FRONT ENDS THEREOF AND HAVING A BEVELED FRONT EDGE SUBSTANTIALLY CONTIGUOUS WITH THE UPPER EDGES OF SAID FRONT ENDS, AN ANGLE BAR CONNECTING THE SQUARED UPPER ENDS OF SAID END PLATES, A PAIR OF