Abstract: A removable tool assembly for a backhoe digging apparatus of a construction equipment machine having spaced apart parallel first and second fastening pins is disclosed. The removable tool assembly includes an attachment mechanism for releasably attaching the removable tool assembly onto the backhoe digging apparatus, the attachment mechanism including: a first attachment element having first receiving areas adapted to receive the first fastening pin, and a second attachment element having second receiving areas adapted to receive the second fastening pin, wherein the second attachment element is movable relative to the first attachment element between a first position, in which the first and second fastening pins can be removed from the first and second receiving areas.

Abstract: A control module configured to be part of a control station inside a cabin of a machine: includes a fixed support, a main body movably mounted on the support between a work position and a retracted position, a locking means to lock the main body in the work position, the locking means can be operated between an unlocked state and a locked state in which they keep the main body in its work position The control module also includes an elastic means which is compressed when the locking means are operated between the unlocked state and an intermediate unstable state, and a sensor enabling activation of at least one power circuit of the machine only when the locking means move from the intermediate unstable state to the locked state.

Abstract: The invention relates to a removable tool assembly for a backhoe digging apparatus of a construction equipment machine having spaced apart parallel first and second fastening pins, said removable tool assembly including an attachment mechanism for releasably attaching said removable tool assembly onto the backhoe digging apparatus, the attachment mechanism including:—a first attachment element having first receiving areas adapted to receive the first fastening pin, and—a second attachment element having second receiving areas adapted to receive the second fastening pin, wherein the second attachment element is movable relative to the first attachment element between a first position, in which the first and second fastening pins can be removed from the first and second receiving areas.

Abstract: An excavator includes a frame, and a platform on top of the frame. A hydraulic distribution system is received on top of the frame but below the platform. A pilot valve unit is at least partly received on top of the platform. The platform includes a dedicated hole capable of receiving therethrough at least that part of the pilot valve unit which is received on top of the platform. The pilot valve unit is fixed, directly or indirectly, on the platform. The pilot valve unit can be mounted from below the platform, through the dedicated hole, and is fixed on the platform from above the platform.

Abstract: An excavator includes a frame, and a platform on top of the frame. A hydraulic distribution system is received on top of the frame but below the platform. A pilot valve unit is at least partly received on top of the platform. The platform includes a dedicated hole capable of receiving therethrough at least that part of the pilot valve unit which is received on top of the platform. The pilot valve unit is fixed, directly or indirectly, on the platform. The pilot valve unit can be mounted from below the platform, through the dedicated hole, and is fixed on the platform from above the platform.