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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2004
William F. Geraghty, Cumberland, MD (US);
William F. Geraghty, Cumberland, MD (US);
Rockland, Inc., Bedford, PA (US);
Abstract
A machine for removing articles such as debris and the like deposited on a tract of ground, comprising a wheel unit; a support frame mounted on said wheel unit, having means for advancing said machine along said tract of ground; a endless conveyor mounted on said support frame, having a plurality of tines projecting from an outer side thereof and a flight extending from a front end adjacent ground level, upwardly and inwardly to an elevated rear end; a receptacle mounted on said support frame, positioned to receive articles removed by said tines and carried upwardly and rearwardly on said conveyor and discharged into said receptacle, and having a set of tines cooperable with said conveyor tines to dislodge articles carried by said conveyor tines; and means mounted on said support frame for driving said conveyor.