Snow removal apparatus
AssigneeAlfred Schmidt GmbH
InventorAlfred Schmidt
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Abstract
Snow removal apparatus has a housing open at its front end in which a central fan blower is mounted. Mounted to the housing forwardly of and flanking the central fan are a pair of vertically rotating clearing screws. Each of the screws is also provided with a deflector which is movable in a circular path concentric with the axis of rotation so as to provide a selectively positionable backing or rear wall therefor.
Claims9
Apparatus for the removal of snow comprising a housing adapted to be attached to a vehicle, a blower mounted within said housing, a pair of vertically rotating clearing screws attached to said housing forwardly of and flanking said blower, and an arcuate deflector plate associated with each clearing screw, each of said deflector plates being mounted so as to lie adjacent the peripheral edge or generatrix of the associated clearing screw and being movable in a circular path, coaxial to the axis of rotation of the associated screw from a position forwardly of the plane in which the axes of rotation of each of said screws lie to a position to the rear thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.