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US 6,035,561 AGranted
Battery powered electric snow thrower
OwnerKaren A. Paytas, Jason J. Halleckinventors
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Abstract
A snow thrower (10) includes a rotatable wheel (12) for collecting the snow and a chute (14) for throwing the snow away from the snow thrower (10). The snow thrower (10) includes a motor (22) and a battery (24) connected thereto for providing power to the motor (22), which in turn drives a drive belt (28) to rotate the rotatable wheel (12). The battery (24) may be removed and replaced by sliding same out of the thrower housing (16), and includes spring biased contacts between the housing (16) and battery terminals to cause electrical connection therebetween.
Claims17
A snow thrower apparatus comprising:
- a housing including a frame;
- a snow gathering device rotatably connected to said housing for collecting snow;
- a chute connected to said housing to direct snow away from said housing;
- an electric motor moveably mounted to said frame and operatively connected to said snow gathering device by a drive member to actuate same;
- an electrical supply to energize said motor;
- a spring operatively interconnecting said housing and said motor to bias said motor and thereby tension said drive member;
- said frame including at least one elongated movement limiting opening, and said motor including at least one opening for receiving a movement limiting pin, said motor further connected to said frame by said movement limiting pin extending through said elongated movement limiting opening of said frame and secured to said opening on said motor, whereby the movement of said motor is limited by said movement limiting pin engaging said movement limiting opening of said frame.
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