Roof shingle stripper, grinder, blower, and hopper
OwnerJerry Francis Gould, Vivian Jane Gouldinventors
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Abstract
A hopper for a roof shingle stripper, grinder, and blower includes: a hopper; a catch area on the hopper, adapted to receive the debris; an output opening on the hopper, adapted to output the debris; a plate to urge the debris toward the output opening; and a manipulator connected to the plate having a portion that extends outside of the hopper. The manipulator pushes upon the plate thereby urging debris in the hopper toward the output opening. The grinder machine may include a motor, self-propelled wheels, a lifting blade for roof shingles, a shredder, and a conduit with a wall that channels the debris to one of two outputs.
Claims5
A system 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 system 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;
- a conduit having a first output, and a second output, wherein the wall channels the debris to one of the outputs;
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- a removable hopper having a catch area to receive the debris and a plate that urges debris out of the hopper and into the shredder.
A method for handling debris, comprising:
- utilizing a catch area to receive the debris into a hopper;
- utilizing a manipulator to press upon a plate within the hopper;
- pressing upon the debris in the hopper with the plate to urge the debris out of an output opening of the hopper;
- releasably attaching the hopper to a grinder machine including a roof shingle stripper, grinder, and blower, so that debris including shingles passing out of the output opening is fed into the grinder of the grinder machine;
- removing the hopper from the grinder machine;
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- utilizing the grinder machine without the hopper to strip and grind shingles on a roof.
A method for handling debris, comprising:
- utilizing a catch area to receive the debris into a hopper;
- utilizing a manipulator to press upon a plate within the hopper;
- pressing upon the debris in the hopper with the plate to urge the debris out of an output opening of the hopper;
- releasably attaching the hopper to a grinder machine so as to provide a first debris to the grinder machine;
- propelling the grinder machine forward so as to receive a second debris into the grinder machine;
- shredding the first and second debris into pieces;
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- providing the shredded debris to a conduit having a 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.