DESC:FORM 2

THE PATENTS ACT, 1970
(39 of 1970)
&
THE PATENT RULES, 2003

COMPLETE SPECIFICATION
(See Section 10 and Rule 13)

Title of invention:
A FOREST CLEARING ATTACHMENT FOR A DOZER

Applicant:
BEML Limited
A company Incorporated in India under the Companies Act, 1956
Having address:
BEML Soudha, 23/1, 4th Main,
Sampangirama Nagar, Bengaluru - 560 027,
Karnataka, India

The following specification particularly describes the invention and the manner in which it is to be performed.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS AND PRIORITY
[001] The present invention claims priority from Indian patent application numbered IN 202041009899 filed on 07 March 2020.
TECHNICAL FIELD
[002] The present subject matter described herein, in general, relates to a forest clearing attachment for a dozer.
BACKGROUND
[003] Human civilization require villages, towns, roads, railways, farming land, etc. Hence, some area of deforestation is required to fulfill all these mentioned human needs. Clearing of forests and woods is the process by which vegetation, such as bushes and trees with roots are permanently removed. The current method of removing trees is manual by digging at the root of the tree to a certain level and then pulling tree with the help of ropes wounded around it. The above method is further simplified with the help of tractors mounted with blade for digging at the root of the tree and then tree is pulled with a rope. This method makes it difficult to remove the trees and much human intervention is required physically.
SUMMARY
[004] Before the present system and method are described, it is to be understood that this application is not limited to the particular machine or an apparatus, and methodologies described, as there can be multiple possible embodiments that are not expressly illustrated in the present disclosures. It is also to be understood that the terminology used in the description is for the purpose of describing the particular versions or embodiments only, and is not intended to limit the scope of the present application. This summary is provided to introduce aspects related to a forest clearing attachment for a dozer, and the aspects are further elaborated below in the detailed description. This summary is not intended to identify essential features of the proposed subject matter nor is it intended for use in determining or limiting the scope of the proposed subject matter.
[005] The present subject matter discloses a forest clearing attachment for a dozer wherein the forest clearing attachment comprises a metallic frame configured with a front end and a rear end. The front end is configured with one or more sharp elements for engaging with forestry. The rear end is configured to be rotatably mounted on the dozer through one or more pins. The forest clearing attachment can be dismantled easily and the dozer with blade attachment can carry its regular work. The forest clearing attachment is utilized to remove trees by pushing the trees.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[006] The foregoing summary, as well as the following detailed description of embodiments, is better understood when read in conjunction with the appended drawing. For the purpose of illustrating the disclosure, there is shown in the present document example constructions of the disclosure, however, the disclosure is not limited to the specific methods and apparatus disclosed in the document and the drawing:
[007] The detailed description is described with reference to the accompanying figure. In the figure, the left-most digit(s) of a reference number identifies the figure in which the reference number first appears. The same numbers are used throughout the drawing to refer like features and components.
[008] Figure 1 illustrates a view of a dozer with a forest clearing attachment, in accordance with one embodiment of the present subject matter.
[009] Figure 2 illustrates another view of the forest clearing attachment, in accordance with one embodiment of the present subject matter.
[0010] Figure 3 illustrates a view of a dozer with a forest clearing attachment, in accordance with one embodiment of the present subject matter.
[0011] Figure 4 illustrates another view of the forest clearing attachment, in accordance with one embodiment of the present subject matter.
[0012] The figure depicts various embodiments of the present disclosure for purposes of illustration only. One skilled in the art will readily recognize from the following discussion that alternative embodiments of the structures and methods illustrated herein may be employed without departing from the principles of the disclosure described herein.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0013] Some embodiments of this disclosure, illustrating all its features, will now be discussed in detail. The words "comprising", “having”, and "including," and other forms thereof, are intended to be equivalent in meaning and be open ended in that an item or items following any one of these words is not meant to be an exhaustive listing of such item or items, or meant to be limited to only the listed item or items. Although any systems and methods similar or equivalent to those described herein can be used in the practice or testing of embodiments of the present disclosure, the exemplary, systems and methods are now described. The disclosed embodiments are merely exemplary of the disclosure, which may be embodied in various forms.
[0014] Various modifications to the embodiment will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art and the generic principles herein may be applied to other embodiments. However, one of ordinary skill in the art will readily recognize that the present disclosure is not intended to be limited to the embodiments illustrated, but is to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the principles and features described herein.
[0015] Referring to figure 1, in one aspect of the present subject matter, a dozer 10 configured with a forest clearing attachment 100 is disclosed. The dozer 10 is configured with a blade 20 and tracks 30. The forest clearing attachment 100 comprises a metallic frame configured with a front end 110 and a rear end 120. The front end 110 is configured with one or more sharp elements 112 for engaging with forestry. The rear end 120 is configured to be rotatably mounted on the dozer through one or more pins 140.
[0016] The rear end is provided with two arms 122, 124 configured to mount on the dozer 10. The arms 122, 124 further comprises a mounting provision 126 for mounting on the dozer 10.
[0017] In an embodiment, the arms 122, 124 are configured to mount on sides of the dozer. Further the arms 122, 124 are mounted on chassis or frame of the dozer 10 to provide a pushing force to the forest clearing attachment 100.
[0018] In another aspect, the arms 122, 124 are connected to each other through plurality of support members 130. The metallic frame and the support members 130 are made of formed hollow rectangular steel sections welded to each other. The forest clearing attachment 100 is configured to resist the load arising due to pushing of the trees in front of the dozer 10.
[0019] Figure 2 illustrates the forest clearing attachment 100 dismantled from the dozer 10 in accordance to an embodiment of the present subject matter.
[0020] In another embodiment, as illustrated in figure 3, the arms 122, 124 are configured to mount on middle of the dozer 10. The arms 122, 124 are configured to fit on to the blade 20. The arms 122, 124 will be mounted on the blade 20 by means of an inbuilt mounting structure provided on the blade. The forest clearing attachment is configured to be mounted on the blade bracket by means of the pins 140.
[0021] Figure 4 illustrates the forest clearing attachment 100 dismantled from the dozer 10 in accordance to an embodiment of the present subject matter.
[0022] In one aspect, the one or more pin is configured to be cotter pins, heat treated pins, lock plate, screws or split pins. This assembling method provides modularity to the attachment to use it with other type of vehicles.
[0023] The forest clearing attachment 100 is configured to be easily assembled or disassembled on the dozer 10 as an additional attachment. Whenever this attachment is not required, this can be dismantled easily and the dozer 10 with blade 20 attachment can carry its regular work. The forest clearing attachment may be utilized to remove trees by pushing the trees.
[0024] Exemplary embodiments discussed above may provide certain advantages. Though not required to practice aspects of the disclosure, these advantages may include those provided by the following features.
[0025] Some embodiments of the subject matter enable to provide optimum design, assembly friendly, easy shipment, customer satisfaction and cost reduction for forest clearing.
[0026] Some embodiments of the subject matter enable to remove trees by usage of the forest clearing attachment without any manual intervention.
[0027] Some embodiments of the subject matter enable to provide a modular forest clearing attachment which may be used with any kind of dozers.
[0028] Some embodiments of the subject matter enable to provide an easy method to assemble and disassemble the forest clearing attachment.
[0029] Although implementations for the forest clearing attachment 100 have been described in language specific to structural features and/or methods, it is to be understood that the appended claims are not necessarily limited to the specific features described. Rather, the specific features are disclosed as examples of implementation for the forest clearing attachment 100.
,CLAIMS:

1. A forest clearing attachment (100) for a dozer (10) wherein the forest clearing attachment (100) comprises a metallic frame configured with a front end (110) and a rear end (120), wherein the front end (110) is configured with one or more sharp elements (112) for engaging with forestry and the rear end (120) is configured to be rotatably mounted on the dozer (10) through one or more pins (140).

2. The forest clearing attachment, as claimed in claim 1, wherein the rear end (120) is provided with two arms (122, 124) configured to mount on middle of the blade (20).

3. The forest clearing attachment, as claimed in claim 1, wherein the rear end (120) is provided with two arms (122, 124) configured to mount on sides of the dozer (10).

4. The forest clearing attachment, as claimed in claim 2, wherein the arms (122, 124) and rear end (120) of the attachment are configured with a mounting provision (126).

5. The forest clearing attachment, as claimed in claim 1, wherein the one or more pin (140) is configured from cotter pins, heat treated pins, split pins, lock plate and screws.

6. The forest clearing attachment, as claimed in claim 1, wherein the arms (122, 124) are connected to each other through plurality of support members (130).

7. The forest clearing attachment, as claimed in claim 1, wherein the arms (122, 124) are configured to be mounted on the middle of the blade (20) and the blade is provided with an inbuilt mounting structure to hold the forest clearing attachment (100).

8. The forest clearing attachment, as claimed in claim 1, wherein the arms (122, 124) are configured to be mounted on chassis or frame of the dozer (10).