"I hate what they've done to my child...I would never let my own children watch it. "
Vladimir Zworykin, television pioneer ; Talking about an invention in which he played a critical role.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7546700 | Piste grooming apparatus for a motor vehicle, in particular a track-laying vehicle A piste grooming apparatus for a motor vehicle, in particular a track-laying vehicle, includes a cutter support which can be adjusted relative to the motor vehicle about a plurality of axes and which has a cutting shaft arrangement that is arranged rotatably in an i... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7299569 | Snow-trail grooming vehicle and method for controlling same A method for controlling a snow-trail grooming vehicle for grooming snow trails and especially for distributing the driving power which is made available by a drive motor of a snow-trail grooming vehicle onto a chain or track drive thereon and further consumers. Acc... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7051461 | Walk-behind working machine A walk-behind working machine has a traveling unit, a working unit, an engine, and an illumination section disposed forwardly of the engine for projecting light. A cover member collectively covers the engine and the illumination section. The cover member has a light... | 05/30/2006 |
| 6948569 | Snow auger assembly A device for removing material from a surface includes a blade, an auger positioned in close proximity to a front side of the blade and operably mounted on an axle for rotary motion relative to the blade whereby material accumulating at the front side of the blade d... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6935435 | Positionable cultivating apparatus for raised bed crops A cultivating implement has transversely opposing sub-frames slidably mounted in the main frame of the implement to permit lateral positional adjustment of work implements carried by the sub-frames. The work implements are supported by a mounting apparatus providing... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6874259 | Device for preparing snow A device for working a snow surface, includes an endless flexible band, snow-working members arranged on the outside of the band, support elements for supporting and guiding the band, drive elements capable of moving the band around the support elements. Shaping ele... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6834448 | Snow removal machine A snow removal machine of this invention has a machine body, a snow removing section mounted on the machine body for removing snow while the snow removal machine travels along a ground surface, and a running section mounted on the machine body for undergoing movemen... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6776088 | Environmentally friendly personal identification and tracking system A personal identification and tracking system comprising an impression means for providing a predetermined image upon an impressionable medium and an activation unit for moving the impression means between a first position, where said impression unit is in contact w... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6643958 | Snow throwing shovel device A snow throwing shovel device for easily removing snow from narrow sidewalks and from steps where a conventional snow blower cannot be used. The snow throwing shovel device includes a scoop assembly including a housing having top, bottom, side, and back w... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6508018 | Snow removal apparatus A snow removal apparatus for safely removing snow from irregular surfaces covered with debris such as small stones and gravel. The snow removal apparatus includes at least one roller for spacing a snow removal member of said apparatus a fixed distance abo... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6481123 | Track maintenance device The invention relates to a snow grooming device, which can be attached to a tool carrier in the front or back of a snow grooming vehicle and which is provided with a snow conditioning tool that can be coupled to the tool carrier, and with a tiller unit on... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6351899 | Apparatus and method for snow grooming a terrain park or ski area slopes A vehicle for grooming a terrain of snow having a plurality of hydraulically driven rotary tiller units independently mounted for axial lateral movement relative to the plane of the rectangular main frame of the vehicle. Bogey track units support the vehi... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6154985 | Retractable pivoting scraper blade for snow blower A device is disclosed, for use with a snow blower being of the type having an auger, and allow it to operate while moving backwards. The device principally consists of a concave blade mounted on a snow blower, which pivots between an operative position wh... | 12/05/2000 |
| 5953837 | Snow removal and disposal vehicle A cylindrical tank is situated on a bed of a vehicle. A tank opening is provided at a top of the tank. An agitator is provided within the tank. A heating unit such as an oil fired boiler, comprises a burner unit situated on the bed, and fire tube heating ... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5659984 | Snow grooming device A snow grooming devise is provided with a carrier frame consisting of at least one transverse supporting member and two longitudinal supporting members so that it is adapted to be attached to a vehicle with the aid of a coupling means. A vertically adjust... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5581914 | Snow cutting tooth for rotating cutter bar of ski slope tiller A snow cutting tooth design and an associated cutter assembly design incorporating such teeth, wherein the tooth is constructed with a unitary body of steel plate welded to the outside surface of a tubular cutter bar, with bevelled edges creating acute sn... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5540004 | Apparatus for removing scraping a ground surface An apparatus for removing ice and snow from a surface consisting of a support frame and a elongate member rotatably mounted on the support frame. The elongate member has a first end and a second end. A plurality of flexible arms extend from the elongate m... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5040315 | Ice scarifying attachment An ice scarifying tool replaces the grass cutting blade of a conventional rotary-type power lawn mower, so that, as the mower is operated over icy surface and the tool rotates in a plane substantially parallel to an icy ground surface, depending fingers c... | 08/20/1991 |
| 4798012 | Pneumatic process and device for conveying snow The technical field of the invention is that of pneumatic snow conveying. The invention relates to a process and device for translational conveying of a pile of snow for the purpose of its being cut off by a drawoff device forming a stationary unit which is as... | 01/17/1989 |
| 4767239 | Method and apparatus for constructing an ice structure Method and apparatus for constructing an ice structure. The disclosed ice structures are a road and a grounded ice island which are constructed on a sheet of naturally-occurring ice in an ocean. A vehicle equipped for driving on ice includes thereon a rot... | 08/30/1988 |
| 4391051 | Machine arrangement for forming tracks and/or levelling surfaces related to cross-country ski trails or downhill ski slopes An apparatus for making ski tracks and/or levelling ski slopes is mounted in front of a driving vehicle so as to be freely vertically movable relative to the vehicle to adjust its position to varying snow heights encountered in treating the snow cover. Fr... | 07/05/1983 |
| 4172679 | Device for renewing road surfaces The invention relates to a method for renewing road surfaces where in the course of one single operational step the road surface is milled away, heated and coated with new material and wherein according to a special embodiment of the invention the milling... | 10/30/1979 |
| 4125915 | Board brush for ice-resurfacing machine A board brush apparatus for use on a self-propelled ice-resurfacing machine of the type having a frame supporting apparatus for shaving the surface of the ice and removing the shavings, and including a source of pressurized hydraulic fluid. The apparatus ... | 11/21/1978 |
| 4057916 | Snowmobile trail leveler A trail leveler for smoothing snowmobile trails including a multi-blade rotating member positioned transversely to the path of the leveler and rotating in the direction opposite to the direction of travel of the leveler; and the leveler including a yoke-s... | 11/15/1977 |