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US 2014/0152033 A1Published application
Device and method for collection of material from a surface
OwnerGraham J. Wilsoninventor
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The invention provides a device (10, 210, 510) for collecting material from a surface. The device is particularly but not necessarily exclusively suited to collection of animal excreta, it has a jaw arrangement (22, 224, 524) which is able to be opened to define a mouth (28) for receiving the material to be collected, and to be closed to collect the material. A conveyor mechanism (44, 46, 364) is provided for advancing collected material into a housing (12, 512). A liner (33) is placed over the jaw arrangement to separate it from the material being collected. The conveyor mechanism serves to advance the liner along with the material collected therein, whereby the material is able to be collected into the housing and retained in the liner without making contact with surfaces of the device.
A device for collecting material from a surface, the device comprising a housing for receiving collected material, a jaw arrangement which is able to be opened to provide a mouth for receiving the material and closed to collect the material, and a conveyor mechanism comprising at least one belt or chain which is operable when the jaw mechanism is closed to advance a liner, placed over the jaw arrangement to separate it from the material being collected, so that in use the jaws are able to be closed around the material to be collected and then the conveyor is operable to advance the liner and the material collected in it through the mouth and into the housing, the collected material being retained in the liner without making contact with surfaces of the device.
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