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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2000
Hiroshi Sueshige, Wako, JP;
Yoshiaki Mikuni, Hanamaki, JP;
Other;
Abstract
A snow removing vehicle has a vehicle body frame and a snow removing member connected directly to a front part of the vehicle body frame for removing snow from a ground surface. The snow removing member has a generally arc-shaped portion curved concavely rearward from the front part of the vehicle body frame. A single wheel axle is rotatably mounted on the vehicle body frame and is disposed in a widthwise central portion thereof so that the vehicle body frame is pivotally movable about the single wheel axle. At least one wheel is mounted on the single wheel axle. A pair of operational handles are connected directly to a rear part of the vehicle body frame so that upward and downward movement of the right and left operational handles relative to the ground surface pivots the vehicle body frame relative to the single wheel axle. When the operational handles are moved upward during removal of snow by the snow removing member, the vehicle body frame and the snow removing member pivot about the single wheel axle so that the front part of the vehicle body frame is inclined downwardly relative to the ground surface and both the driving wheel and a lower end portion of the snow removing member contact the ground surface or a surface of the snow and a chord of the arc-shaped portion extends generally perpendicular to the surface of the ground.