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US6474007:
Snow removing vehicle
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US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Sueshige, Hiroshi; Wako, Japan
Mikuni, Yoshiaki; Hanamaki, Japan
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| Assignee: |
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha Japan
Wado Sangyo Co., Ltd. Japan
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| Published / Filed: |
2002-11-05
/ 2000-02-23
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| Application Number: |
US2000000511435
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
B62B 1/18;
E01H 5/04;
E01H 5/06;
IPC-7:
E01H 5/06;
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| ECLA Code: |
B62B1/20; B62B5/00P; E01H5/04;
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| U.S. Class: |
037/266;
180/019.3;
280/653;
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| Field of Search: |
037/241,243,264,265,266,270,278,284,285
172/245,247,253,810,811,817
280/651,47.26,78,653
180/19.3,65.6
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| Abstract: |
A snow removing vehicle has a vehicle body frame and a snow removing member connected directly to a front part of the vehicle body frame for removing snow from a ground surface. The snow removing member has a generally arc-shaped portion curved concavely rearward from the front part of the vehicle body frame. A single wheel axle is rotatably mounted on the vehicle body frame and is disposed in a widthwise central portion thereof so that the vehicle body frame is pivotally movable about the single wheel axle. At least one wheel is mounted on the single wheel axle. A pair of operational handles are connected directly to a rear part of the vehicle body frame so that upward and downward movement of the right and left operational handles relative to the ground surface pivots the vehicle body frame relative to the single wheel axle. When the operational handles are moved upward during removal of snow by the snow removing member, the vehicle body frame and the snow removing member pivot about the single wheel axle so that the front part of the vehicle body frame is inclined downwardly relative to the ground surface and both the driving wheel and a lower end portion of the snow removing member contact the ground surface or a surface of the snow and a chord of the arc-shaped portion extends generally perpendicular to the surface of the ground.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Adams & wilks ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Batson, Victor;
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First Claim:
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What is claimed is:
1. A hand-pushed snow removing vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle body frame having a front part and a rear part;
- a snow removing member connected directly to the front part of the vehicle body frame for removing snow from a ground surface, the snow removing member having a generally arc-shaped portion curved concavely rearward from the front part of the vehicle body frame;
- a single wheel axle rotatably mounted on the vehicle body frame and disposed in a widthwise central portion thereof so that the vehicle body frame is pivotally movable about the single wheel axle;
- at least one driving wheel mounted on the single wheel axle;
- a drive source disposed in the vehicle body frame for driving the driving wheel;
- right and left operational handles connected directly to the rear part of the vehicle body frame so that upward and downward movement of the right and left operational handles relative to the ground surface pivots the vehicle body frame relative to the single wheel axle; and
- right and left grips each disposed at an end portion of a respective one of the right and left operational handles;
- wherein the snow removing member is disposed on the vehicle body frame relative to the driving wheel such that when the right and left operational handles are moved upward during removal of snow by the snow removing member, the vehicle body frame and the snow removing member pivot about the single wheel axle so that the front part of the vehicle body frame is inclined downwardly relative to the ground surface and both the driving wheel and a lower end portion of the snow removing member contact the ground surface or a surface of the snow and a chord of the arc-shaped portion extends generally perpendicular to the surface of the ground.
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