Combined manure fork and shavings blower
OwnerRosemarie Stinnett, Lee Steininventors
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Abstract
For conserving bedding material such as wood shavings when cleaning livestock environments such as horse stalls, a manure fork is combined with an air blower directed into the working region of the fork. The air flow is directed to blow the loose bedding material past the fork tines and onto surrounding regions of the stall automatically, while the worker simply works with the fork in the normal manner to remove the manure. The bedding material remains in the stall, thus saving a substantial portion of the usual replenishment costs. The invention thus accomplishes substantial overall cost savings and environmental conservation without requiring special supervision or unusual diligence on the part of the worker.
Claims8
A combined manure fork and air blower, directed to conservation of bedding material in cleaning of livestock environments, comprising;
- a scoop portion of the fork configured with a row of times;
- at least one powered air blower implemented as a centrifugal air impeller driven by an electric motor disposed fixedly relative to the scoop portion, made and arranged to generate a sufficient flow of air directed to blow loose livestock bedding material beyond the row of tines;
- a handle, disposed fixedly relative to the air blower and the scoop portion, made and arranged to enable a worker to manipulate the scoop portion in a conventional manner for cleaning the livestock environments;
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- a rechargeable battery pack attached to an end of the handle opposite an end thereof attached to the air blower, constituting an onboard battery power supply providing electrical power to the motor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.