Snow and ice remover for vehicle roofs
AssigneeQuintin Machinery LLC
InventorsHoward Livingston, William E. Yeaglin
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Abstract
A snow and ice remover assembly for vehicle roofs having two vertical supports separated by a distance sufficient to move a vehicle between the vertical supports. A plow assembly that is movable along the two vertical supports. A base structure is attached to the vertical supports and has wheels that engage a support surface upon which the snow and ice remover stands. A wheel movement prevention mechanism is also provided.
Claims24
A vehicle snow and ice remover comprising:
- a pair of vertical supports;
- an upper cross piece connecting the pair of vertical supports;
- a plow assembly movable along the pair of vertical supports and positioned below the upper cross piece by a first lifting device;
- a brush assembly having a base plate rigidly fixed to the plow assembly and at least one row of brushes fixed to the base plate;
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- a side wiper assembly.
A snow and ice remover assembly for vehicle roofs comprising:
- two vertical supports separated by a distance sufficient to move a vehicle between the vertical supports;
- a plow assembly movable along the two vertical supports;
- a base structure attached to the vertical supports and having wheels engaging a support surface upon which the snow and ice remover stands;
- a wheel movement prevention mechanism;
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- an assembly securing mechanism having plates attached to the base structures, wherein the plates include holes through which locking devices such as stakes and other devices can be inserted into the support surface.
A snow and ice remover assembly for vehicle roofs comprising:
- two vertical supports separated by a distance sufficient to move a vehicle between the vertical supports;
- a plow assembly movable along the two vertical supports;
- a base structure attached to the vertical supports and having wheels engaging a support surface upon which the snow and ice remover stands;
- and
- a wheel movement prevention mechanism comprising jacks that raise the wheels off of the support surface and lower the snow and ice remover on to the support surface.
A snow and ice remover assembly for vehicle roofs comprising:
- two vertical supports separated by a distance sufficient to move a vehicle between the vertical supports;
- a plow assembly movable along the two vertical supports and having a pair of plow wheel assemblies positioned at opposing ends of the plow assembly, each plow wheel assembly including a pair of first wheels mounted to a plow facing surface of a crossbar, a pair of second wheels mounted to a rear facing surface of the crossbar, and a third wheel mounted to an end surface of the crossbar;
- a base structure attached to the vertical supports and having wheels engaging a support surface upon which the snow and ice remover stands;
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- a wheel movement prevention mechanism.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.