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US 10,208,442 B2Granted
Snow thrower
AssigneeBriggs & Stratton Corporation
InventorsJames W. Mast, Samuel J. Gerritts
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Abstract
A snow thrower may include a housing, a rotatable snow moving member at least partially within the housing and a compressed gas knife coupled to the housing and aimed at an underlying terrain forward the housing.
Claims19
A snow thrower comprising:
- a housing;
- a rotatable snow moving member at least partially within the housing;
- a compressed gas knife coupled to the housing and aimed at an underlying terrain forward the housing, wherein the rotatable snow moving member has an axial length, wherein the compressed gas knife extends along a majority of the axial length and wherein compressed gas knife comprises orifices extending at different angles towards the underlying terrain;
- a source of compressed gas supplying compressed gas to the knife;
- and
- a sensor to sense a characteristic of pack snow forward the housing, wherein the source supplies the compressed gas based on signals from the sensor.
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A snow thrower comprising:
- a housing;
- a rotatable snow moving member at least partially within the housing;
- a compressed gas knife coupled to the housing and aimed at an underlying terrain forward the housing;
- a source of compressed gas supplying compressed gas to the knife;
- and
- a sensor, wherein the source supplies the compressed gas based on signals from the sensor, wherein the sensor is to sense a characteristic of pack snow forward the housing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.