Shooter for snow remover

#The present invention relates to a shooter for a snow remover, and particularly relates to a shooter that is improved so that a shooter guide is swingably mounted on a distal end of a shooter main body, whereby snow that has collected in an auger can be ejected in an arbitrary direction.

#Generally, a shooter for a snow remover is designed so that a single-step or double-step shooter guide is swingably mounted on the distal end of the shooter, and snow that has collected in an auger is ejected in an arbitrary direction.

#Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 56-40898 and Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication No. 2001-355216 disclose a shooter for a snow remover that is designed so that a shooter guide is bendably mounted on a distal end of a shooter, and a recoil means is provided between the shooter and the shooter guide for returning the shooter guide to its initial state. The shooter for a snow remover disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 56-40898 will be used as an example and described with reference to FIG. 12 hereof.

#Certain preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below, by way of example only, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

#FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a snow remover that has the shooter of the present invention;

#FIG. 2 is a side view of the snow remover shown in FIG. 1;

#A snow remover 10 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 comprises a frame body 11, a propulsion unit 12 provided underneath the frame body, and an engine 13 mounted on the frame body 11. The engine 13 is the drive source of the propulsion unit 12 and is protected by an engine cover 14. A rotary snow-removing unit (snow-removing unit) 15 for collecting snow is provided on the front of the frame body 11 in front of the engine cover 14, so as to be capable of tilting to the left and right in relation to the frame body 11. The snow collected in the snow-removing unit 15 is ejected by means of a shooter 60 that is rotatably provided on the frame body 11.

#Left and right operating handles 35, 36 extend from the top of the frame body 11 so as to be inclined upward and to the rear. An operating panel 37 is provided between the left and right operating handles 35, 36. The left and right operating handles 35, 36 have grips 47, 48 that are grasped by the operator. The snow remover 10 described above is a self-propelled traveling snow remover.

#The propulsion unit 12 includes left and right propelled parts 22, 23, left and right electric motors 24, 26, and left and right decelerators 25, 27. The left and right electric motors 24, 26 are driven by electricity from a power generator 28, which propels the left and right propelled parts 22, 23. Therefore, the speed of the left and right propelled parts 22, 23 is regulated by adjusting the rotational speed of the electric motors 24, 26.