Machine for removal of materials from a surface

A machine adapted to remove a material laid upon an under surface, such machine comprising:

• a wheeled and steerable tractor having a front end and a rear end;
• a plate mountable to the front end of the tractor, such plate having a proximal end closer to the front end of the tractor and a distal end more remote from the front end of the tractor;
• mounting means for mounting said plate to the tractor and permitting movement of the plate between a first position farther removed from a surface and a second position closer to the surface;
• a blade assembly mounted on the distal end of the plate for pivotal movement between a plurality of angular orientations relative to said plate, said blade assembly severing a section of material from the material laid upon the under surface and removing the severed section of material from the under surface during operation of said machine;
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• means for so moving said plate and said blade assembly including at least one blade actuator mounted to said frame body and coupled to said blade assembly for moving said blade assembly relative to said plate.

A machine for removing a material mounted to an underlying surface from said underlying surface, said machine comprising:

• a frame body;
• means for propelling said frame body relative to said surface;
• a blade assembly carried by said frame body, said blade assembly being movable between a deployed position, for removal of said material from said surface, and a stored position, said blade assembly including a removal blade for removing said material from said surface;
• at least one blade actuator mounted to said frame body and said blade assembly for adjusting the position of said blade assembly and securing said blade assembly in a selected position during oration of said machine:
• a misting system carried by said frame body for spraying said material with a fluid prior to removal of said material from said surface.