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(11) EP 0 071 384 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
22.06.1983 Bulletin 1983/25

(43) Date of publication A2:
09.02.1983 Bulletin 1983/06

(21) Application number: 82303792

(22) Date of filing: 19.07.1982
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE FR GB IT LI NL SE

(30) Priority: 27.07.1981 IL 63437
09.10.1981 IL 64023

(71) Applicant: ISRAEL AIRCRAFT INDUSTRIES, LIMITED
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(72) Inventors:
  • Azulai, Max
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  • Bar-Nefy, Simcha
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  • Tiomkin, Michael
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(54) Mine-field clearing apparatus mountable on a vehicle


(57) Mine clearing apparatus for attachment to a vehicle comprising a frame 10 mountable onto a vehicle for selectable positioning in a raised or lowered orientation; plough apparatus 36, 40 for raising and shunting aside mines, mounted onto the frame; and devices 60, 68, 70, 82 for selectably retaining the frame in a raised orientation and comprising control apparatus 80 operable from inside the vehicle for releasing the frame from the raised orientation and allowing it to assume the lowered orientation. The frame is automatically raised when the vehicle moves backwards.






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