Device for removing or stripping material

A device for removing roofing material comprising:

• a baseplate;
• a shaft member secured to a guide handle at its upper end and secured at its lower end to the baseplate;
• a lifting plate including a blade-like leading section and a trailing section which are disposed in substantially the same plane;
• a fulcrum means operatively secured to the baseplate and to the lifting plate;
• an actuating means located on the guide handle and connected to a drive means;
• and
• a drive means with a first end portion connected to the shaft member and a second end portion being hingeably secured to the trailing edge of the lifting plate, whereby actuation of the drive means downwardly depresses the trailing section of the lifting plate thereby rotating the lifting plate about the fulcrum means and moving the leading section of the lifting plate into a generally parallel spaced-apart position with respect to the baseplate.