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EP 1 560 987 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 10.08.2005 Bulletin 2005/32 (21) Application number: 03811028.4 (22) Date of filing: 13.11.2003

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: E02F 3/38, E02F 9/12 (86) International application number: PCT/GB2003/004936 (87) International publication number: WO 2004/044336 (27.05.2004 Gazette 2004/22)

(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 PT RO SE SI SK TR Designated Extension States: AL LT LV MK (30) Priority: 14.11.2002 GB 0226528 (71) Applicant: J.C. BAMFORD EXCAVATORS LIMITED Staffordshire ST14 5JP (GB)	(72) Inventor: BATES, Richard Staffordshire WS15 2EP (GB) (74) Representative: Lucking, David John  FORRESTER & BOEHMERTPettenkoferstrasse 20-22 80336 München 80336 München (DE)