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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7305777 | Auger for snow throw machine A snow throwing machine including a housing, an engine, an impeller and an auger for collecting snow and directing it to the impeller. The auger including an auger shaft disposed transversely in the housing and drivable by the engine, and a plurality of flytes mount... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7237620 | Electric garden tiller An electric garden tiller is disclosed. The tiller is light weight, compact and easy to use. The tiller includes a two stage speed reduction transmission and an aluminum transmission housing. Connected to the transmission housing are a main housing and electric moto... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7159343 | Working machine A working machine has a transmission case having a transmission mechanism accommodated therein. The transmission mechanism has an input shaft having a first longitudinal axis and an output shaft having a second longitudinal axis extending in a direction generally pe... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7121021 | Snow removal machine A snow removal machine of this invention has a blower provided in a blower housing for throwing up snow collected by an auger toward a chute. The blower has a plurality of supporting members provided on a drive shaft for rotating the auger and the blower and a plura... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7032333 | Snowthrower chute and deflector control A single joystick type control handle controls the chute and deflector of a snowthrower. The control handle can be moved laterally from side to side and a second linkage including a gear connection laterally rotates the chute from side to side in the same direction,... | 04/25/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6931771 | Fold-down chute for snow blower A snow blower attachment for a skid steer loader has a tall discharge chute used for loading high vehicles such as trucks. The discharge chute is folded in the center, and has a strut to support it in its working position. The strut is releasable for folding the chu... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6922921 | Snow removal machine An auger device of a snow removal machine in this invention has left and right augers and left and right driving tines mounted on left and right auger shafts, respectively. Each auger has an outer auger blade, an intermediate auger blade and an inner auger blade eac... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6775881 | Blower apparatus with brush for scavenging surfaces A blower head, comprising a frame, a brush rotatably supported by the frame, a sweeper drive adapted for rotating said brush to sweep a surface, and a blower unit adapted for removing swept-up particles away from the surface. The frame includes a mouth portion and a... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6499237 | Snow blower A snow blower augers snow scrapped from a path to a fan. The fan is co-axial with the auger at one end of an auger housing. A fan shaft extends through an auger tube. The fan shaft is supported on one end by a fan housing bearing attached to the housing a... | 12/31/2002 |
| 5203102 | Device on rotary snow plough A rotary snow plough includes a ploughing drum, a running gear and a motor drive. A holding-down member is connected to the running gear and is arranged in front of the ploughing drum. The holding-down member includes upwardly directed holding-back surfac... | 04/20/1993 |
| 5190140 | Material handling apparatus An impeller assembly having a housing supporting a rotatable impeller. The housing has a bottom entrance opening and a top exit opening separated by a curved back wall. A liner of low friction and abrasion resistant plastic material located adjacent a por... | 03/02/1993 |
| 5147030 | Impeller assembly An impeller assembly having a housing supporting a rotatable impeller. The housing has a bottom entrance opening and a top exit opening separated by a curved back wall. A liner of low friction and abrasion resistant plastic material located adjacent a por... | 09/15/1992 |
| 5123186 | Snowblower A snowblower arrangement having a scraper mechanism affixed to the ends of the auger for scraping snow and precluding its accumulation on the sidewalls of the auger housing.... | 06/23/1992 |
| 5077920 | Power broom assembly A power broom assembly includes a vehicle, a rotatable broom mounted to the front of the vehicle, and an airblast assembly mounted to the front of the vehicle above the broom to suck up an overspray of material which has been swept up by the broom. An air... | 01/07/1992 |
| 5035317 | Impeller assembly with adjustable impeller An impeller assembly having a housing supporting a rotatable impeller. The housing has a bottom entrance opening and a top exit opening separated by a curved back wall. A liner of low friction and abrasive resistant plastic material covers the inside of t... | 07/30/1991 |
| 4964502 | Impeller assembly An impeller assembly having a housing supporting a rotatable impeller. The housing has a bottom entrance opening and a top exit opening separated by a curved back wall. A liner of low friction and abrasive resistant plastic material covers the inside of t... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4916837 | Single stage snowthrower The invention is directed to a single stage snowthrower wherein a flat rear wall section of an impeller housing, a rear wall of a chute opening and the central axis of an external chute are all aligned to more efficiently remove snow. A gate is also provi... | 04/17/1990 |
| 4783915 | Self-propelled snow removing machine A self-propelling snow removing machine includes a body frame extending rearwardly and upwardly with a steering handle attached to an upper end thereof, a snow removing mechanism operatively mounted on a front portion of the body frame, a running mechanis... | 11/15/1988 |
| 4549365 | Snow removing attachment for automotive vehicles This invention is a new and unique snow removing apparatus to be fastened upon automotive vehicles, particularly relatively light weight vehicles such as pickup trucks and the like. The invention is characterized by a unique rotary snow pickup mechanism a... | 10/29/1985 |
| 4541187 | Snowblower apparatus An improved snowblower apparatus having a housing unit (11), a power unit (12), a handle unit (13), a blade unit (14), a discharge unit (16) and a supplemental air inlet unit (17). The supplemental air inlet unit (17) comprises one or more holes disposed ... | 09/17/1985 |
| 4391052 | Snow blower A horizontally elongated and laterally opening shroud is provided having one open longitudinal front side and one closed longitudinal rear side as well as opposite end mounting structures at least substantially closing the opposite ends of the shroud. A p... | 07/05/1983 |
| 4367603 | Snow caster having ring gear and spur gear drive means A snow caster for use as a snow blower is disclosed having auger units which rotate and propel snow toward a fan rotating at a higher speed to propel the snow from the snow caster. The fan is fixed on a drive shaft which extends within the auger units and... | 01/11/1983 |
| 4346527 | Snow removal apparatus Snow removal apparatus has a housing open at its front end in which a central fan blower is mounted. Mounted to the housing forwardly of and flanking the central fan are a pair of vertically rotating clearing screws. Each of the screws is also provided wi... | 08/31/1982 |
| 4255879 | Snow blower dead man control A mechanical dead-man type control for the snow blower auger and wheels but without killing the engine.... | 03/17/1981 |
| 4203237 | Snowblower A snowblower includes an auger having a generally horizontal auger cylinder and at least a pair of spaced apart planar elastomeric auger flights surrounding the auger cylinder. The auger flights extend outwardly from the surface of the auger cylinder and ... | 05/20/1980 |
| 4188738 | Endless screw propeller unit for a snow thrower A snow thrower machine and in particular an associated endless screw propeller unit which is adapted to strike or bite an encountered layer or crust of ice to break it into pieces of blowable sizes. This endless screw propeller unit includes an helicoidal... | 02/19/1980 |
| 4159055 | Gathering head An improved rotating disc-type gathering head suited for use with underground mining machines includes at least two gathering discs mounted for rotation on an inclined apron in positive engaging relationship at their point of tangency. One of the discs is... | 06/26/1979 |
| 4100687 | Vertical auger snow removal device A vertical augered snow removal device in which the augers rotate, in unison, toward the fan opening, at the center, back of the augers; which lift and throw the snow through the fan opening to the ejection device or rotor fan mounted behind the augers. T... | 07/18/1978 |
| 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 |
