Apparatus for clearing mines
AssigneeAardvark Clear Mine Limited of Shevock Farm
InventorDavid M. MacWatt
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Abstract
A flail vehicle comprising a tractor unit and rotatable ground-beating means at one end of the tractor unit, the ground-beating means having a rotatable shaft from which extend flexible ground-beating members, wherein adjacent ground-beating members are offset angularly around the shaft from one another at their connections to the shaft.
Claims4
A flail vehicle comprising a tractor unit and rotatable ground-beating means mounted at one end of the tractor unit, the ground-beating means comprising a shaft which is rotatable about a central axis, said central axis being substantially parallel to the ground and transverse to the direction of travel of the vehicle, said shaft carrying a distributed array of flexible flail chains extending radially outwardly from said shaft, each of said flail chains having a direct connection to said shaft, the distribution of flail chains within said array being such that each said connection is angularly and axially offset around and along said shaft from the nearest adjacent said connection, and wherein any two of said connections in said array which are adjacent in a direction substantially parallel to said central axis of the shaft are mutually spaced apart by at least thirty centimeters as measured along the shaft in a direction parallel to said central axis.
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