(19)
(11) EP 1 172 486 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
01.10.2003 Bulletin 2003/40

(43) Date of publication A2:
16.01.2002 Bulletin 2002/03

(21) Application number: 01116844.0

(22) Date of filing: 10.07.2001
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: E01H 5/04
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 17.07.2000 JP 2000216331
12.07.2000 JP 2000210828

(71) Applicant: HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Minato-ku Tokyo (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Yoshida, Isao, c/o Honda R&D Co., Ltd.
    Wako-shi, Saitama-ken (JP)
  • Kono, Masakatsu, c/o Honda R&D Co., Ltd.
    Wako-shi, Saitama-ken (JP)

(74) Representative: Prechtel, Jörg, Dipl.-Phys. Dr. et al
Weickmann & Weickmann Patentanwälte Postfach 86 08 20
81635 München
81635 München (DE)

   


(54) Snow removing machine with snow removing plate


(57) A snow removing machine equipped with a snow removing plate is disclosed. The snow removing plate (42) is mounted to a front portion of a vehicle body (11) which forms part of the snow removing machine. An operating handle (45) having grip portions (47L, 47R) is mounted to a rear portion of the vehicle body and obliquely extends upward. A battery (34), an electric motor (30) and a power transmission mechanism (32) are located below a linear line (72) intersecting between an upper end (43) of the snow removing plate and the grip portion. This causes the battery, the electric motor and the power transmission mechanism to be located below a view line of an operator when he looks at the snow removing plate, avoiding the view line from being disturbed to allow the operator to look at the upper end of the snow removing plate in his working attitude for thereby providing ease of operation of the snow removing machine.







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