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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2007
Shokichi Arai, Wako, JP;
Hidekazu Sakai, Wako, JP;
Akito Hiramatsu, Wako, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
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.