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US 2007/0163858 A1Published application
Snow collection and transportation system
OwnerWilhelm Leitnerinventor
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Abstract
A method for collecting and transporting snow includes the steps of providing a snow collector mounted to an inclined alpine mountain-side and a pipe cooperating with the snow collector to remove snow from the snow collector to a downhill location remote from the snow collector, collecting snow in the snow collector and diverting snow from the snow collector into the pipe, transporting the snow downhill in the pipe, and delivering the snow from the pipe at the downhill location below the elevation of the snow collector.
Claims15
A method for collecting and transporting snow comprising the steps of:
- a) providing a snow collector mounted to an inclined alpine mountain-side and a pipe cooperating with said snow collector to remove snow from said snow collector to a downhill location remote from said snow collector,
- b) collecting snow in said snow collector and diverting snow from said snow collector into said pipe,
- c) transporting the snow downhill in said pipe,
- d) delivering the snow from said pipe at said downhill location below the elevation of said snow collector.
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A apparatus for collecting and transporting snow comprising:
- a) a snow collector for mounting to an inclined alpine mountain-side and a pipe for mounting so that an upper end thereof is adjacent to, so as to cooperate with, said snow collector to remove snow sliding from said snow collector to a downhill location remote from said snow collector,
- b) a snow diverter mounted to said snow collector for diverting snow from said snow collector into said pipe,
- wherein said pipe transports the snow downhill from said snow collector in said pipe so as to deliver the snow from said pipe at said downhill location below the elevation of said snow collector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.