Vehicle
AssigneePearson Engineering Limited
InventorRichard Leonard Cronk
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Abstract
A vehicle (2) comprising a vehicle body (6) is disclosed. First struts (16) are mounted to the vehicle body for supporting transport wheels (12) for supporting the vehicle body in a first mode of operation of the vehicle, and second struts (26) are mounted to the vehicle body for supporting roller assemblies (14) for supporting the vehicle body and applying pressure to the ground to detonate explosive devices in a second mode of operation of the vehicle. The transport wheels engage the ground and the rollers are out of engagement with the ground in the first mode, and the rollers engage the ground and the transport wheels are out of engagement with the ground in the second mode. Rollers of one roller assembly partly protrude into gaps between rollers of the other roller assembly.
Claims14
A vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle body;
- at least one first ground engaging device, adapted to support the vehicle body in a first mode of operation of the vehicle;
- at least one second ground engaging device, adapted to support the vehicle body and apply pressure to the ground to detonate explosive devices in a second mode of operation of the vehicle;
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- at least one support device mounted to the vehicle body for supporting at least one said first ground engaging device and at least one said second ground engaging device;
- wherein at least one said support device is adapted to cause at least one said first ground engaging device to engage the ground and at least one said second ground engaging device to be out of engagement with the ground in said first mode, and at least one said second ground engaging device to engage the ground and at least one said first ground engaging device to be out of engagement with the ground in said second mode, and wherein at least one said second ground engaging device comprises at least one first row of ground engaging members and at least one second row of ground engaging members, and at least one ground engaging member of at least one said first row at least partly protrudes into a gap between a plurality of ground engaging members of a respective said second row.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.