US 9,068,308 B2Granted

Beach cleaner

AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.

InventorsShinji Ito, Tatsuo Masuda, Yasuji Hashimoto

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Abstract

A beach cleaner for recovering relatively heavy garbage or stones while minimizing the amount of sand entering a garbage recovery unit. The beach cleaner includes a frame formed by a longitudinal member and a lateral member. A towed portion is provided at the front portion of the frame for towing by a tow vehicle. A separator is provided at the lower front portion of the frame to separate and scrape garbage from sandy ground. A recovery unit is provided behind the separator to collect garbage scraped onto the mesh member. At least one separation rod unit is provided having a plurality of longitudinal members and a lateral member for joining the rear ends of the respective longitudinal members. The front end of at least one separation rod unit is secured to the separator so as to be turnable in the up-and-down direction.

Claims16

Dependent claims

A beach cleaner having a frame (53) comprising a longitudinal member (51) and a lateral member (52), a towed portion (67) that is provided at a front portion of the frame (53) and configured to be towed by a tow vehicle, a separator (60) that is provided at a lower front portion of the frame (53) to separate and scrape garbage from sandy ground, and a recovery unit (50) that is provided to the frame (53) behind the separator (60) and collects the garbage scraped by the separator (60) onto a mesh member (116), characterized by further comprising at least one separation rod unit (95) having longitudinal members (96) and a lateral member (97) for joining rear ends (96b) of the longitudinal members (96), the separation rod unit (95) being provided to be bridged between the separator (60) and the upper surface of the mesh member (116) of the recovery unit (50) so that a front end of the separation rod unit (95) is secured to the separator (60) so as to be turnable in an up-and-down direction.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.