Patent ID: 6619177
Filing Date: 2003-09-16
Classification: F41H

Abstract:
An apparatus for clearing landmines, wherein there is arranged on a carrier machine (1) a flail unit (11) connected to an engine to power a flail rotor (12) equipped with chains and weights, which unit (11) comprises two flail arms (13) which at a first end support the flail rotor (12) and at a second end are made in the form of a frame (14), where the arms (13) are pivotally supported at a pivot point (17), so that when the flail rotor (12) is in operation, the unit (11) will be maintained in a floating position relative to the surface of the terrain, which apparatus is equipped with a protective shield (15) between the flail rotor (12) and the carrier machine (1), characterised in that the impacts of the chains and weights against the ground provide an uplift equal to the weight of the flail rotor (12) including the flail arms (13) up to the pivot point (17), and the protective shield (15) is arranged on the flail unit (11) so that it floats therewith and is thus capable of bending backwards when the unit (11) is raised or lowered as a consequence of a detonation of a mine.