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Ice chopper

a technology of ice chopper and hopper body, which is applied in the field of ice chopper, can solve the problems of motor vehicles slipping and sliding, people falling down, and flat covering sheets that can become extremely slippery,

Inactive Publication Date: 2011-11-24
THE BEDA GRP
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"The invention is an ice chopper that has a non-planar chopping element made up of two wings that are angled at 45-150 degrees. The chopper has an elongated handle and can be used to cut ice into smaller pieces. The technical effect of this design is that it allows for easier and more efficient ice chopping with a single tool."

Problems solved by technology

This ice or ice / snow mixture forms a flat covering sheet that can become extremely slippery.
This ice sheet is dangerous to use, and frequently leads to injuries to people slipping and falling down, or motor vehicles slipping and sliding across it.
However, in many instances, these solutions are ineffective and the only way to solve this problem is to break up the ice using ice choppers.
A problem with the existing ice choppers is that they are very inefficient, especially when the ice sheet is fairly thick, and it could take several hits to cause the ice sheet to break at any given location.
A further problem is that the ice chopper plate is generally symmetrical and therefore when it does break the ice sheet, it causes the resultant ice chips to fly in different arbitrary directions.

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Referring first to FIGS. 1 and 1A an ice chopper 10 includes a straight handle 12 made of wood, plastic, metal, etc., and preferably having a circular cross section of about ¾-1½″ in diameter so that it is comfortable by a person while it is moved or reciprocated up and down. The handle terminates at the top with a grip 12A made rubber, plastic or other material that makes it easier to hold the chopper 10 and hit an ice sheet.

A chopper element 14 is attached to the bottom of the handle 12 in any conventional manner. For example, the chopper element 14 could be nailed and / or glued to the handle. Alternatively, the chopper element 14 can be formed with a sleeve (not shown) sized and shaped to accept the end of the handle 12 and form an interference fit therewith.

The chopper element 14 is preferably made of a metal such as steel so that it is strong, relatively heavy so that it will last long. Of course, the chopper element could also be made of a high impact plastic material as well a...

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Abstract

An ice chopper has an elongated handle terminating in a non-linear chopping element with a lower edge. The chopping element could be two L-shaped wings forming an angle of 45-150 degrees or could be arcuate.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION1. Field of InventionThis application pertains to an ice chopper used manually on a sidewalk or other flat surfaces to break the ice formed thereon during or after inclement weather.2. Background of the InventionDuring the winter when the weather gets cold, ice alone or in combination with frozen snow frequently forms on sidewalks, driveways and other flat surfaces on which people walk or drive. This ice or ice / snow mixture forms a flat covering sheet that can become extremely slippery. This ice sheet is dangerous to use, and frequently leads to injuries to people slipping and falling down, or motor vehicles slipping and sliding across it. (Hereinafter it should be understood that the term ‘ice’ refers to an ice and snow mixture and frozen snow as well). Frequently, to avoid this problem, salt, sand, ash, other material is spread on the surface of the ice to cause it to melt and / or to make it less slippery.However, in many instances, these solutions are in...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): F25C5/16
CPCF25C5/043
Inventor BEDA, SAMBEDA, LEON
Owner THE BEDA GRP