Driving system for driving at least one auger of a snow removal device, a snow removal device provided with such a driving system, a kit for the installation of such a driving system, a method for installing such a driving system and a method for the manufacture of components or parts of the driving system

A snowblower used for blowing snow, the snowblower comprising:

• a housing for receiving snow to be blown by the snowblower;
• an auger being pivotably mountable about the housing, for urging snow to be blown towards an outlet of the snowblower, via a corresponding rotation of the auger;
• a driving system being operatively connectable to an extremity of the auger, for selectively driving said auger in rotation with respect to the housing;
• at least one guard being operatively mountable about the housing, for protecting the driving system, the at least one guard having an orifice being positioned, shaped and sized for receiving a corresponding segment of a shaft element of the auger extending through said orifice;
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• a sealing assembly being operatively mountable about said at least one guard, for sealing a gap defined between the orifice and the corresponding segment of the shaft element of the auger extending through the orifice, the sealing assembly comprising at least one sub-component, so that, once installed, an interior portion of the sealing assembly has a geometrical profile being complementary in shape to a corresponding cross-sectional profile of the shaft element of the auger, and so that an exterior portion of the sealing assembly has at least one outer groove being positioned, shaped and sized for receiving into said at least one outer groove a portion of the at least one guard defining the orifice so as to not only close off the orifice, but also provide said orifice with overlapping sealing portions on both sides of the orifice due to the presence of the at least one sub-component of the sealing assembly;
• wherein the at least one sub-component is provided with a fastener;
• wherein the at least one sub-component of the sealing assembly includes a first passage for receiving a rear portion of the fastener, and a second passage for receiving a front portion of the fastener;
• wherein the first passage of the at least one sub-component is greater in terms of cross-sectional area than the second passage of the at least one sub-component;
• wherein the first passage of the at least one sub-component is further positioned, shaped and sized for receiving into said first passage a corresponding head of the fastener, so that the fastener be completely located into the sealing assembly when the at least one sub-component of the sealing assembly is installed and secured via the fastener;
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• wherein the first passage of the at least one sub-component is further positioned, shaped and sized so that so that the fastener be inserted and positioned inwardly into the sealing assembly beyond a bottommost portion of the at least one outer groove of the sealing assembly when the at least one sub-component of the sealing assembly is installed and secured via the fastener.