Excavating – Snow or ice removing or grooming by portable device – Motorized rotary excavating tool
Patent
1986-03-24
1988-07-12
Eickholt, E. H.
Excavating
Snow or ice removing or grooming by portable device
Motorized rotary excavating tool
56 172, E01H 509
Patent
active
047561017
ABSTRACT:
An improved snowthrower (2) includes a housing (4) having a pair of traction wheels (20) carried thereon. Pivot arms (24) pivotably journal traction wheels (20) to the housing (4) for movement between a first position approximately beneath the center of gravity of the snowthrower to a rearward position. A control system (60) selectively swings the wheels between these two positions to obtain more downward force on the front of the snowthrower housing when hard packed or deep snow is encountered. The control system (60) includes a single control handle (62) for both manipulating the traction wheels (20) and for operating the transmission (46).
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Friberg Nathan J.
Svoboda Steven J.
Eickholt E. H.
Miller James W.
The Toro Company
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