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(11) EP 1 462 577 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
05.01.2005 Bulletin 2005/01

(43) Date of publication A2:
29.09.2004 Bulletin 2004/40

(21) Application number: 04005288.8

(22) Date of filing: 05.03.2004
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: E02F 3/76, E02F 3/34
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK

(30) Priority: 27.03.2003 GB 0307052

(71) Applicant: J.C. BAMFORD EXCAVATORS LIMITED
Staffordshire ST14 5JP (GB)

(72) Inventors:
  • Kyhlberg, Lars Goran
    Llangollen, Denbighshire LL20 8LU (GB)
  • Argentieri, Luciano
    Cheadle, Stoke on Trent ST10 1BJ (GB)
  • Molsom, Martyn Leonard
    Stone, Staffordshire ST15 8ET (GB)

(74) Representative: Lucking, David John 
FORRESTER & BOEHMERT Pettenkoferstrasse 20-22
80336 München
80336 München (DE)

   


(54) Earthmoving blade and mounting apparatus


(57) An earthmoving blade and mounting assembly 10, includes at least one generally hollow section mounting arm 12, 14 which mounts the blade 11 in use on an earthmoving machine, the arm 12, 14 including a generally sideways opening channel 20 and a generally upright closure plate 28 which closes the open mouth of the channel 20 to provide the hollow, the cross section of the hollow increasing from a mounting position 15, 16 where the arm 12, 14 is mounted on the earthmoving machine to an outer end where the arm 12, 14 is secured to the blade 11.






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