Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Shokichi Arai

Hidekazu Sakai

Tadashi Oshima

Akito Hiramatsu

Tetsuro Hosoda

Tadayoshi Fujii

Tsuneo Kajikawa

Shinji Matsubayashi

A beach cleaner having a grate-like frame is formed with multiple longitudinal members. Each of the longitudinal members is provided with a plurality of sand pins projecting downward therefrom, and the frame is provided at its front end with the tow portion. The beach cleaner can be towed by a towing vehicle to generate on a sand area, while the sand pins scrape and collect waste scattered on the sand. The sand pins are detachably attached to the longitudinal members. The beach cleaner also includes a weight mount member, enabling the amount of burying the sand pins in a sand area to be optimized to enhance waste collection performance.

Beach cleaner

To make it easier to collect litter which is captured and deposited in a mesh member of a beach cleaner which scrapes up the litter along with sand and captures and deposits the churned up litter and sand in the mesh member. In a second beach cleaner which captures and deposits in a mesh member litter scattered around in the sand by churning up the litter along with sand while traveling by being towed by a towing vehicle, the mesh member has an encircling member open on at least one side and is attached to the frame such that the mesh member is pivotable with respect to the frame.

A beach cleaner which scrapes up the litter along with sand and captures and deposits the churned up litter and sand in the mesh member. The beach cleanerincludes a frame; keel members, a scraper, and a tow portion that are disposed in a front portion of the frame; a mesh member disposed in a rear portion of the frame. The keel members and the scraper churn up litter scattered on sand ground, along with sand, while the beach cleaner travels on a surface of the sand ground by being towed by a towing vehicle. The churned up litter is deposited in the mesh member. Mesh of the mesh member is relatively rough at a front portion thereof in the traveling direction and finer at a rear portion thereof.

To provide a waste recovery station for a beach cleaner which is less liable to be bulky after being divided and can facilitate installing work, and which can easily load and unload a beach cleaner and a waste recovery station on and from a trailer. A waste recovery station includes a pair of left and right grounded members, guide members formed like a mountain as viewed from the side and attached to the grounded members, and bar-like connecting members integrally connecting the grounded members. The waste recovery station can recover the waste collected by the beach cleaner towed by the towing vehicle to run on the sand area by allowing the beach cleaner to ride on the waste recovery station. The waste recovery station includes a connecting pipe which removably connect an end of the connecting member to the grounded member.

Waste recovery station structure for beach cleaner and beach cleaner structure

A front wheel suspension for a motor vehicle including a vehicle frame having a pair of upper frames which are spaced transversely and extend longitudinally and a pair of lower frames which are spaced transversely and extend longitudinally, each of the upper frames having a downward portion extending from a front portion thereof and having a lower end fixed to one of the lower frames, front and rear wheels rotatably disposed on front and rear portions of the vehicle frame, a rider's saddle disposed on the upper frames, and footsteps supported on the lower frames. The front wheel suspension comprises a subframe adapted to be attached to the vehicle frame and having a pair of extensions adapted to be disposed upwardly of the lower frames, respectively, substantially parallel thereto, and a curved portion interconnecting the extensions, a pair of link mechanisms on which the front wheels are adapted to be supported, respectively, for vertical angular movement, the link mechanisms respectively including upper arms pivotally mounted on the respective extensions of the subframe, lower arms adapted to be pivotally mounted on the respective lower frames, and knuckle arms supported by the upper and lower arms, and a pair of dampers adapted to be mounted on the vehicle frame and supporting the link mechanisms, respectively.

Front wheel suspension for a motor vehicle with riding saddle

An engine breather device in a motor vehicle having a vehicle frame including longitudinal upper and lower frames, front and rear wheels rotatably supported on the vehicle frame, a handlebar mounted on the vehicle frame for steering the front wheels, a rider's saddle disposed on an upper portion of the vehicle frame, footsteps disposed on a lower portion of the vehicle frame. The engine breather device comprises a substantially vertical pipe frame adapted to interconnect the upper and lower frames and having at least one opening, an engine adapted to be mounted on the vehicle frame and having a crankcase and a cylinder projecting upwardly from the crankcase, the cylinder having a hole extending from the upper end thereof into the crankcase, and a breather tube providing communication between the interior of the vertical pipe frame and the interior of the crankcase through the hole in the cylinder, the breather tube being connected to the engine at a first position above the upper end of the cylinder and to the vertical pipe frame at a second position lower than the first position. Since the engine breather tube employs the existing vertical pipe frame, it is made up of a reduced number of parts and simple in construction. The breather tube prevents water from entering the engine therethrough even when the engine is substantially fully immersed in a deep puddle.

Engine breather device for motor vehicle with riding saddle

A vehicle frame construction in a buggy with a riding saddle, includes a main frame extending longitudinally along a central axis of the buggy, the main frame having front and rear ends, and a pair of down tubes disposed one on each side of the main frame and having one ends fixed to sides of the front end of the main frame and opposite ends fixed to sides of the rear end of the main frame. Each of the down tubes is composed of a downwardly directed portion extending downwardly from the front end of the main frame and in a forward direction of the buggy, a horizontal portion extending substantially horizontally from the downwardly directed portion in a rearward direction of the buggy, and an upwardly directed portion extending substantially vertically upwardly from the horizontal portion to the rear end of the main frame. Each of the down tubes includes a curved portion between the downwardly directed portion and the horizontal portion, the downwardly directed portion and the horizontal portion having axes extending at an acute angle with respect to each other. A reinforcement pipe is detachably coupled between the downwardly directed portion and the horizontal portion of each of the down tubes.

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Saitama, Japan

Shokichi Arai