Raking implement with integral tine cleaner

An implement for raking comprising:

• a. a raking apparatus for gathering debris comprising:
• 1) an elongated handle which allows the longitudinal movement of a cleaning apparatus along and about a distal section of said handle, a distal end of said handle being inserted into;
• 2) a formed elongated socket of a rake head and secured by a fastener which holds a bumper against which a bottom distal end of an elongated hollow actuator comes to rest, said rake head binding;
• 3) a plurality of downward diverging tines at their proximal ends, said tines being oriented in parallel planes, perpendicular to a rake top and being twisted 90 degrees about their longitudinal axes at a point equidistant from the rake head for each tine, before extending coplanar and passing through a plurality of slots in a cleaning bar, thence arcing downward to terminate in a common plane, said tines being of such length as to each terminate between a distal top and bottom edge of said cleaning bar when said cleaning bar is fully distally extended;
• 4) said raking apparatus supporting said cleaning apparatus:
• b. said cleaning apparatus for removing debris lodged in the tines of said raking apparatus and comprising
• 1) the elongated hollow actuator, with a bottom distal portion removed to allow said actuator to be slid freely along the distal section of the handle and over the rake head, said actuator being attached at a top distal end of said actuator to;
• 2) a proximal end of a spring, a distal end of said spring being attached to and applying tension downward along;
• 3) a cleaning bar, also acting as a stress distributor and tine spreader which transverses and through which pass the downward diverging tines, said cleaning bar being of inverted V shape cross section with said plurality of slots arranged end to end along an apex to admit the individual tines and with the distal top and bottom edge diverging from each other, said top and bottom edge for removing accumulated debris which becomes lodged in the tines, as said cleaning bar is moved freely down the length to the end of said tines as the actuator is moved toward a distal end of the raking apparatus;
• 4) said cleaning apparatus being stopped in its travel toward the distal end of the raking apparatus by contact of the actuator bottom distal end with said bumper;
• 5) and upon its return travel by contact with a stop integral with the raking apparatus.