US 6,634,434 B2 · Beach cleaner

Abstract

A beach cleaner for traveling on sandy soil while being towed by a traction vehicle for recovering waste such as empty cans scattered on the sandy soil. The beach cleaner is provided with a travel body. The travel body includes a plurality of longitudinal members arranged in a hurdle shape spacedly and extending in a travel direction and also having in a front portion thereof a portion to be pulled by the traction vehicle. A flat plate-like scraper for scraping up waste together with sand during travel of the beach cleaner is provided in the front portion of the travel body. A net for separating waste from a mixture of sand and waste scraped up by the scraper and for storing the thus-separated waste thereon is stretched on an upper surface of the travel body.

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Dependent claims

A cleaner for recovering waste from a ground surface comprising:

an outer frame, said outer frame including a front portion adapted for attachment to be towed by a traction vehicle,
a plurality of longitudinal members extending along said outer frame in a direction of travel, said longitudinal members including projections extending downwardly therefrom;
a scraper for scraping up waste together with sand during travel, said scraper being disposed to extend across a travel body for delivering waste from sandy soil to the travel body;
a rotor being displaced a predetermined distance relative to said scraper for engaging the ground surface during movement of the outer frame;
and
a net for separating waste from a mixture scraped up by said scraper and for storing the waste, said net being stretched on an upper surface of said travel body.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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