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US 5,737,859 AGranted
Earth leveling apparatus
AssigneeTardif & Frere (1993)
InventorJean-Roch Tardif
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Abstract
An earth leveling apparatus includes a vehicle having runners for movement in an operative direction, an elongated screw mounted to the vehicle and rotatable on its axis, and extending transversely of the operative direction of movement of the vehicle, and an apparatus for rotating the screw, the screw having a spiral blade with an edge adapted to engage earth to move it along the length of the screw as the vehicle advances in the operative direction so as to level the earth.
Claims6
An earth leveling apparatus comprising:
- a vehicle having first runner means for movement in an operative direction;
- an elongated screw mounted to the vehicle and rotatable on its axis, and extending transversely of the operative direction of movement of the vehicle;
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- means for rotating the screw, the screw having a spiral blade with an edge adapted to engage earth to move the earth along the length of the screw, as the vehicle advances in the operative direction, so as to level the earth,
- wherein the vehicle is a trailed vehicle adapted to be hauled by a tractor in the operative direction with the first runner means in contact with the ground and downstream of the vehicle relative to the operative direction, a second set of runner means in the form of transport wheels is mounted to the vehicle for movement in a transport direction parallel to the axis of the screw,
- whereby the vehicle can be hauled on a highway with the elongated screw in a raised position for transport and wherein the first runner means are raised out of contact with the ground and the second runner means are lowered to be in contact with the ground for movement in the transport direction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.