Bucket /ˈbʌkɪt/- 1) an earthmoving-loading-transport machine – a working body that separates part of the material (for example, soil, grain) from the main mass and delivers it to the dump site. To the working chains (multi-rib chain excavators, earth-moving excavators, dredgers, tracked vehicles, elevators), rotor (bucket wheel excavators), front or backhoe excavators, single-lane loaders, bucket frame or attached to a lifting structure with contacts (draglines – see . picture in the review article). K. is prepared by laying, welding and stamping. The capacity of a single-bucket excavator K.-I is 0.15-200 m3, a multi-bucket excavator is 0.007-7 m3, scrapers – 0.75-60 m3, dredgers – 0.05-1 m3.