Beach cleaner

A beach cleaner for recovering waste comprising:

• a recovery body;
• a grating portion including an upper side and a rear portion operatively mounted relative to said recovery body, said grating portion scooping up waste as the beach cleaner is moved;
• a rotor disposed on the upper side of said grating portion, said rotor being mounted on a rotary shaft extending substantially in the transverse direction of the beach cleaner and adapted to rotate wherein a lower portion of the rotor rotates towards the rear portion of said grating portion for delivering waste rearwardly between the rotor and the grating portion for delivery to the recovery body;
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• an elastic member provided on a radially outer side of said rotor, said elastic member being curved so that a radially outer side thereof is positioned on a front side in a rotational direction of the rotor.

A beach cleaner for recovering waste comprising:

• a recovery body;
• a grating portion including an upper side and a rear portion operatively mounted relative to said recovery body, said grating portion scooping up waste as the beach cleaner is moved;
• an internal combustion engine slidably mounted on support members above the upper side of said grating portion, said engine having an extending portion extending toward said grating portion;
• a rotary shaft attached to said extending portion, said rotary shaft being disposed above said upper side of said grating portion, extending substantially in the transverse direction of the beach cleaner, and being adapted to rotate;
• and
• a rotor mounted on said rotary shaft,
• wherein a lower portion of the rotor rotates towards the rear portion of said grating portion for delivering waste rearwardly between the rotor and the grating portion for delivery to the recovery body.