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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2001
Walter Roy Allen, Rocester, GB;
Ian Harrold Carswell, Rocester, GB;
Phillip Jackson, Dudley, GB;
Dominic Francis Marten Simpson, Leamington Spa, GB;
Timothy Boothroyd, Clwyd, GB;
Peter Jowett, Rocester, GB;
J.C. Bamford Excavators Ltd., Staffordshire, GB;
Abstract
A working apparatus includes a body, an engine, axles each carrying ground engaging wheels or tracks for moving the apparatus over the ground, an operator's cab mounted on the body, and at least one working arm supported at or adjacent one end on the body at a position for movement relative to the body, the arm being adapted to carry a working implement at or adjacent a second end thereof, and wherein one of the front and rear axles is suspended from the body by a suspension system which is adjustable independently of the other axle to raise the body to a fully raised position in which an uppermost part of the body is at a maximum height above the ground and a fully lowered position in which an uppermost part of the body is at a minimum height above the ground.