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(11) | EP 2 662 493 A3 |
| (12) | EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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| (54) | Support frame of a road maintenance device |
| (57) The invention provides a pivotable and liftable support frame for plough and vehicle,
which main element is a bearing beam 2, which can be lifted up-down by lift cylinder
3 and turned to left-right by beam move cylinder 4. The frame of the construction
acts as double parallelogram. Namely parallelogram acting in vertical plane is formed
by bearing beam 2 and connecting element 5 in cooperation with the plough 1 and fixing
mount 6 on the vehicle, parallelogram acting in horisontal plane is formed by bearing
beam 2 and turn cylinder 7 in cooperation with the plough 1 and fixing mount 6 on
the vehicle. Support frame according to the invention differs in that due to the use
of connecting element 5 the support frame maintains feature of traditional "parallelogram"
of the snow ploughs, which assures that the raised plough in transport position remains
parallel to the ground.
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