US1566464A - Snow remover - Google Patents

Description

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Patented Dec. 22, 1925.

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Appucatiqn'nied February iafiaasfseriai ircjlvszef To all whom t may concer/LP Be it known that l, CLARINGTON W. CAT-f nRsoN, a citizen of the United Statesre`sid ing at Endicott, inthe county of Broome and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful lmprovementsinpsnow Removers, of which the following i"s` a-'spec-,

in ladvance thereof, more 'particularly to a? motor driven vehicle, and has forone'o'f its' objects to improve the Construction andin-lcrease the efficiency and utility of devices of this character. f

Vith these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction as hereinafter shown and described and then specifically pointed out in the claims, and in the drawings illustrative of the preferred embodiment of the invention- Figure 1 is a front elevation of the improved device.

Figure 2 is a section on the line 2--2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a plan View.

Figure l is a section on the line 4-4 of Figure 3. y

Figure 5 is a detail in section on the line 5-5 of Figure 1.

The improved device includes a relative-v ly short cylindrical shell formed with an annular rim or side 10 and a closed rear member 11, and open at the front. The shell is held from rotation by any suitable means, for instance, by frame members indicated at 12.

Extending through the shell is a shaft 13 with a bearing 14 attached at 15 to the shell and through which the shaft rotates, the shaft having a stop collar 16 to limit the movement of the shell in one direction on the shaft.

Bearing within the open front of the shell is a closure member 17. The closure 17 is attached at 19 to the shaft 13 and rotates therewith and is provided with radially directed openings 20. Attached to the front 17 of the shell adjacent each of the openings 20 is an inclined cutting blade 21, operative to sever and pick up the snow and ice and feed it into the shell as the closure is rotated. r

Attached at 22 to the inner face of the closure 17 y are flights or conveyorblades 23',`

preferably set tangentiallyto theshaft and intermediate they openings 20, as illustrated in Figure-'1.

The

y. vflights .or conveyor blades 23 are shown disposed midway of thejopenings`20, y

but theylmayy be arranged nearer to or fartherifrmtheopenings, as required. n

Formed through `the' side'portion l() of the shell is an opening'24 for the eXit of the snowcr ice 'thrown-off, bythe flights 23, and formed `on ,thefshell at'the inner side of, the openingl is a semi-circular guardl or guide 25,'tol'p1ie'vent the material thrown out byv the flights'from passing vinwardly against the running gear of they vehicle to which thev device is attached.

If required', a tubular extension 26 may be 'y arranged over the -opening 24 and -within the guard 25 and operative to convey the severed material to any required distance away from the device and the vehicle to which it is attached.

The improved device is designed to be attached in any suitable manner to the front of a vehicle, for instance a motor driven vehicle, fand the shaft coupled in any suitable manner to the motor, for rotating the same, the motor and its .attachments not being shown, as they form no part of the present invention.

As the vehicle is moved forwardly and ythe shaft 13 and the closure 17 andv its attached cutter elements 21 and flights 23 is rapidly rotated, the cutter elements displace the snow and ice and throw them through the openings 20 into the interior of the shell and into the paths of the rapidly moving flights 23 whereby they are thrown by centrifugal force through the opening 24.

The flights 23 being disposed at right angles to the cutter elements 21, leaves ample space for the reception of the severed material to be ldeposited within the paths of the flights land carried around thereby and thrown continuously through the opening 24.' The improved device will effectually remove the snow and ice from the path of the advancing vehicle.

The improved device is constructed wholly of metal, and may be of any required size or capacity.

For the purpose of illustration, two of the 23 are shown, but this number may be increased, if required.

The preferred embodiment of the invention is disclosed in the drawings and set forth in the' specification, but it will be understood that modifications within the scope of the claimed invention may be made in the construction Without dep-arting from the principle of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

Having thus described-my invention, what I claim as new is:

l. An apparatus of the class described, comprising a cylindrical shell held from rotation and provided with a lateral outlet, a shaft extending through said shell, a closure for the open side of the shell and coupled to rotate with said shaft, said closure having radially directed openings, a cutting element attached to said closure externally thereof and at one side of each of the radial openings therein, and a plurality of blades attached to said closure internally thereof extending radially of the shell.

2. An apparatus of the class described, comprising a cylindrical shell held from rotation and provided with a lateral outlet,

an outwardly opening guard member ex* tending from the inner side of the outlet, a shaft extending through said shell, a closure for the open side of the shell and coupled to rotate with said shaft, said closure having radially directed openings, a cutting element attached to said closure externally; thereof and at one side of each of the radial openings therein, and a plurality of blades attached to said closure iililternally thereof extending radially of the s ell.

3. An apparatus of the 'class described, comprising a cylindrical shell open at one side and held from rotation and provided with Y a lateral opening, a closure for the open side of the shell and provided with a plurality of radially directed openings, a cutter element attached to the outer face of said closure adjacent each of the openings thereof, a plurality of flight elements attached to the inner face of said closure intermediate the radial openings, and means for rotating said closure.

In testimony whereof, I aIiX my signature hereto.

CLARINGTON IV. CATERSON.

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