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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2001
Robert Smith, Allentown, PA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A snow melting attachment for a snow blower for preventing the building up of large snow piles includes a housing having a bottom wall and a peripheral wall. The peripheral wall has an upper edge defining an opening extending into the housing. The housing is mountable on the snow blower. A drainage pipe is fluidly coupled to the housing. A valve is in communication with the drainage pipe for selectively opening and closing the drainage pipe. A plurality of plates is mounted in the housing. Each of the plates has an upper side and a lower side. A plurality of heating elements is mounted in the housing. Each of the heating elements is positioned adjacent to one of the lower sides of the plates such that a plurality of heating elements is adjacent to each of the plates. The heating elements are each operationally coupled to a power supply.
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