Roof shingle stripper, grinder, and blower
OwnerJerry Francis Gould, Vivian Jane Gouldinventors
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Abstract
A roof shingle stripper, grinder, and blower includes: a motor to power the device; self-propelled wheels that move the device forward and urge the shingles into the device; a lifting blade that lifts up and dislodges the shingles from the roof; a shredder having two rows of grinding wheels that grind the shingles into pieces and blow the pieces into a conduit; and the conduit has a side wall that, when the wall is in a first position, diverts the pieces in a first direction, and when the wall is in a second position, diverts the pieces in a second direction.
Claims16
A device for collecting debris, comprising:
- a shredder;
- a lifting blade that lifts the debris and provides the debris to the shredder;
- self-propelled wheels to move the device forward;
- a motor to power the shredder, the lifting blade, and the wheels;
- a wall that transitions between a first position and a second position;
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- a conduit having a first output and a second output;
- wherein when the wall is in the first position, the conduit channels the debris to the first output, and when the wall is in the second position, the conduit channels the debris to the second output, thereby collecting the debris.
A device for removing shingles from a roof, comprising:
- a motor to power the device;
- self-propelled wheels that move the device forward and urge the shingles into the device;
- a lifting blade that lifts up and dislodges the shingles from the roof;
- a shredder having two rows of grinding wheels that grind the shingles into pieces and blow the pieces into a conduit;
- and
- the conduit has a side wall that, when the wall is in a first position, diverts the pieces in a first direction, and when the wall is in a second position, diverts the pieces in a second direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.