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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7958656 | Portable or tow-behind snow melter A snow melter that may be used to melt snow. The snow melter includes a dump tank for receiving a quantity of snow to be melted. The melter also includes a melt tank and a heat exchanger. The melt tank separate from the dump tank. The heat exchanger heats the water ... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7380355 | Portable ice rink building and resurfacing device A manually propelled ice rink building and resurfacing device. The device includes a chassis with removable wheels, a water tank mounted on the chassis, and a heating chamber within the water tank, the water tank receiving snow to be melted, the heating chamber in h... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7322177 | Machine for gathering ground strewn articles A machine for removing articles strewn on a tract of ground generally consisting of a wheel unit; a support frame mounted on the wheel unit, having device for advancing the machine along the tract of ground; an endless conveyor mounted on the support frame, having d... | 01/29/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7192215 | Apparatus and method for erasing road lane markings An apparatus for erasing a road marking on a road lane comprising a chassis adapted to travel over the road lane; a heating source mounted to the chassis for directly or indirectly applying heat to the road marking; and a positively driven rotatable brush mounted to... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7137214 | Snow removal machine with system for applying a surface treatment material A snow removal machine including a housing with a forward opening through which snow enters the snow removal machine. At least one rotatable member is positioned and rotatably secured within the housing for engaging and eliminating the snow from within said housing.... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7108196 | Method and apparatus for depositing snow-ice treatment liquid on pavement Method and apparatus for depositing liquid brine on roadway surface. Substantially horizontally disposed streamer nozzles are employed in conjunction with brine pumps which are operated in correspondence with the forward speed of the treatment vehicle. Substantially... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7077346 | Snow and/or ice liquefier A method of and system for liquefying snow. The system includes a rotor-stator device mounted within a melting reservoir and having a slotted rotor and a slotted stator. Snow and/or ice is deposited in a water bath in the melting reservoir. The rotor rotates at high... | 07/18/2006 |
| 6904708 | Snow removal system A snow removal system (100) for melting snow into water includes a container (110) having a storage chamber (124) adapted to store snow and a predetermined amount of water (114). The snow removal system also includes a heating assembly ( | 06/14/2005 |
| 6736129 | Submerged combustion snow melting apparatus The present invention relates to a snow melting apparatus including a container for holding a snow melting medium and receiving the snow; and a burner having a combustion chamber, wherein at least a portion of the combustion chamber is submerged in the snow melting ... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6408843 | Portable ground thawing apparatus The invention is a portable ground thawing device using a shallow rectangularly shaped box-like apparatus (or thaw body) that is open-ended on the side that would normally form the floor of the thaw body. This open-ended box is constructed with a high deg... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6305105 | Snow removal apparatus An apparatus for disposing of snow that is deposited on a surface. The apparatus includes a removal mechanism that removes the snow from the surface and guides the snow into the apparatus. A first chamber is connected to the removal mechanism. The first c... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6223742 | Apparatus for heating particulate material Suitable for melting snow, the apparatus has a flame heater for melting snow directly by flame contact directed from above, a conveyor for transporting snow to the flame heater for melting, and a drainage for allowing water to drain while the snow is bein... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6128838 | Heated bucket system A heated bucket system for significantly reducing the accumulation of frozen mud and ice within a bucket thereby maintaining the bucket's dirt moving capacity. The inventive device includes a bucket attachable to an arm of a backhoe or other machinery, a ... | 10/10/2000 |
| 5956872 | Self contained snow removal apparatus A snow removal device that uses a truck frame to hold a snow collecting, melting and storage system. A duct carries snow from a snow blower, mounted on the truck, into a large hopper. The hopper is covered to prevent the snow from leaving the hopper. A nu... | 09/28/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5791335 | Snow melting apparatus A snow melting apparatus comprises a hopper which forms a lower trough. A pivoting ram/screen assembly prevents large object debris from passing to the trough. A manifold which mounts a plurality of rotating sprinkler heads defines a spray zone for discha... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5787613 | Method and apparatus for melting snow using exhaust and cooling system waste heat An vehicle for removing and melting snow from a roadway wherein the snow is collected, transferred to a snow melting means which utilizes heat from the exhaust and cooling system to melt the snow. The vehicle includes means for restricting flow of a heat ... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5630286 | Vehicular apparatus for removing de-icing liquid A vehicular apparatus adapted for removing fluids including snow and/or ice and de-icing liquids from a surface as the apparatus traverses the surface. The apparatus comprises: a first container for receiving a first portion of the fluids removed from a z... | 05/20/1997 |
| 5588231 | Self contained snow removal apparatus and method of use therefore A snow removal device that uses a truck frame to hold a snow collecting, melting and storage system. A duct carries snow from a snow blower, mounted on the truck, into a large hopper. The hopper is covered to prevent the snow from leaving the hopper. A se... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5499462 | Method and device to scatter a preheated material on a surface A method and device scatter preheated sand, urea, road salt, etc. from a spreading vehicle onto runways and roads to counteract slipperiness caused by snow, ice, sleet, mud and the like. Preheating of the material is by an electronically controlled LP-gas... | 03/19/1996 |
| 5235762 | Snow melting apparatus A snow melting apparatus (1) including a reduction chamber (4) into which heated air is forced by a burner (14). Heated air is distributed within the reduction chamber (4) by using a central conduit (13) to which are rigidly affixed heat exchanger pipes (... | 08/17/1993 |
| 4978068 | Exhaust heated spreader An apparatus and method for heating snow traction-improving material contained in a bin mounted on a motor vehicle, such as a truck. Panels are attached to the side of the bin to form a sealed cavity surrounding the bin. Hot exhaust from the motor vehicle... | 12/18/1990 |
| 4813165 | Snow removing and dissolving apparatus Snow removing and dissolving apparatus carried by a self-propelled motor vehicle and formed by at least one rotary drum arranged in front of the vehicle. A screw conveyer picks up the snow collected by the rotary drum and conveys it to a heating chamber t... | 03/21/1989 |
| 4785561 | Snow removal method Snow removal equipment includes a snowblower on a truck delivering snow into the top of a snow reduction chamber on the back of the truck. The snow falls on several spaced apart, horizontal layers of hot, mutually parallel closely spaced tubes. The snow m... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4676224 | Heating and melting apparatus for melting a substance to be melted A heating and melting apparatus according to the present invention has a housing for receiving a substance to be melted, a heater for heating the housing in order to melt the substance, and a vessel for receiving and storing the resulting liquid. The liqu... | 06/30/1987 |
| 4615129 | Snow-disposal unit and method A mobile snow-disposal unit having a vehicle including a sealable snow-collection receptacle having a water-holding internal compartment and an engine for propelling the vehicle utilizes a vacuum pump for lowering the internal pressure of the receptacle, ... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4549364 | Apparatus and method for making snow roads A method for laying a snow road or an airplane runway on a snow or ice covered surface includes the removal of a predetermined and relatively small portion of the snow or ice surface, which is melted to water and mixed with the snow or ice remaining on th... | 10/29/1985 |
| 4353176 | Snow removal device with gas burner heating chamber A snow removal device includes a truck unit having a forward cab portion and a rear storage portion. An elongated V-shaped container is disposed in the rear storage portion, wherein the container has a curved base, a pair of upwardly extending end walls, ... | 10/12/1982 |
| 4071966 | Apparatus for removing snow from roadway Apparatus for removing snow from the surface of a roadway to a disposal site as the roadway vehicle advances and scoops up the snow into a storage chamber. A primary conduit engaging the road surface coupled with a secondary conduit together carry the sno... | 02/07/1978 |
| 3979794 | Snow removal device This disclosure pertains to a vehicular snow removal device which encloses a quantity of snow and ice into an openable container equipped with steam jackets, permitting the snow to be heated by the steam supplied to the jackets by a steam generating syste... | 09/14/1976 |
