Trail grooming method and apparatus
OwnerBruce Vruwinkinventor
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Abstract
Apparatus for hardening the surface of a snow and/or ice covered trail which includes apparatus for travel over the snow and/or ice covered terrain that includes means to remove entrained air from snow and/or ice particles proximate to the apparatus; means for redistribution of the dispersed snow and/or ice laterally and axially with respect to the apparatus incident to movement of the apparatus after dispersing has occurred; and means for compacting snow and/or ice redistributed in the means for redistributing to increase the hardness of the snow and/or ice that has been redistributed.
Claims15
A method for hardening the surface of a snow and/or ice covered trail which comprises:
- a. providing apparatus for travel over a snow and/or ice covered terrain;
- b. providing the capability in the apparatus for dispersing the snow and/or ice to remove entrained air from snow and/or ice particles and;
- c. providing the capability in the apparatus for redistribution of the dispersed snow and/or ice laterally and axially incident to movement of the apparatus after dispersing has occurred;
- d. providing the capability in the apparatus for compacting snow and/or ice for compacting the snow and/or ice;
- e. dispersing snow/or ice to remove entrained air from snow and/or ice particles proximate to the apparatus;
- f. redistributing snow and/or ice dispersed, in said dispersing step, axially and laterally incident to movement of the apparatus after said dispersing step;
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- g. compacting snow and/or ice redistributed in said redistributing step to increase hardness of the snow and/or ice that has been redistributed.
Apparatus for hardening the surface of a snow and/or ice covered trail which comprises:
- apparatus for travel over a snow and/or ice covered terrain that includes means to remove entrained air from snow and/or ice particles proximate to said apparatus;
- means for redistribution of the dispersed snow and/or ice laterally and axially with respect to the apparatus incident to movement of the apparatus after dispersing has occurred;
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- means for compacting snow and/or ice redistributed by said means for redistributing to increase the hardness of the snow and/or ice that has been redistributed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.