1758 results about "Snow removal" patented technology

The invention relates to snow removal equipment with an automatic walking function. The snow removal equipment comprises a walking module, a working module and a control module, wherein the walking module drives a snow removal machine to move; the working module comprises a working motor and a snow throwing mechanism driven by the working motor, and the snow throwing mechanism collects and throws out snows and occluded foreign substances on the ground under driving of the working motor; and the control module controls the rotating speed of the working motor to enable the speed to be less than 41 m / s when the occluded foreign substances leave the snow throwing mechanism. According to the snow removal equipment with the automatic walking function, the robot equipment can provide safe snow throwing energy, and therefore the snow removal equipment is avoided from injuring a person or an object in a condition of no guarding.

A combination ice scraper and snow removal assembly which has multiple blades in contact with the working / windshield surface to more efficiently remove ice and snow therefrom and reduce the amount of energy expended by the user to scrape and remove snow from the working surface. This combination ice scraper and snow removal assembly includes a main body portion having two ends thereof. A scraping assembly is provided at one end of the main body for scraping a frozen water material from a working surface. The scraping assembly includes at least three scraping blades with at least one of the scraping blades having a continuous blade edge and at least two of the scraping blades having toothed cutting edges. As a result, in a single swiping or scraping action of the user, ice or snow can be dislodged from the working windshield / surface by the scraping blade assembly and then cleared and / or removed from that dislodged location by the cleaning blade removal assembly in a limited path of travel.

The invention relates to an environment-friendly road surface ice and snow melt coating material, a preparation method thereof and a using method thereof. Serious consequences such as traffic jam and the like can be caused by snow accumulation in winter; and at present, a snow removal method comprises passive snow removal and active snow removal, wherein in the passive snow removal, the operating efficiency of manual snow removal is low, mechanical snow removal is incomplete relatively in clearing, and for the spreading of a snow melt agent, substances with the snow melt effect are mixed simply only, so the spreading is non-uniform, and the snow melt agent dispersed to peripheral air has the major influence on environment; and the active snow removal is high in cost, and has a certain damage to structures of road surfaces, so the service life of roads is shortened. In the environment-friendly road surface ice and snow melt coating material, after being loaded on a carrier material, the snow melt substances are mixed with emulsified asphalt, water-soluble epoxy resin and a curing agent and sprayed on the road surfaces to form an ice and snow melt coating, so that the roads have the function of melting snow actively. By the environment-friendly road surface ice and snow melt coating material, an ice point of water is reduced to between -5 and -20 DEG C so as to clear the ice and snow of the roads, and the coating material has the sustained-release function, is high in coating adhesivity and wear-resisting effect, low in cost and convenient to maintain, and can prolong the life of the road surfaces effectively.

An apparatus for locating, inspecting, or placing marks on a roadway. The apparatus includes a GPS-based machine vision locator for sampling discrete geographical location data of a pre-existing roadway mark evident on the roadway. A computer may determine a continuous smooth geographical location function fitted to the sampled geographical location data. A marker is responsive to the GPS-based locator and geographical location function for replicating automatically the pre-existing roadway mark onto the roadway. The apparatus is typically part of a moving vehicle. A related method is disclosed for locating, inspecting, and placing marks on a resurfaced roadway. A similar apparatus can be used to guide a vehicle having a snow plow along a snow-covered roadway, or a paving machine along an unpaved roadway surface. The apparatus provides for accurate determination of roadway mark locations, roadway mark inspection apparatus and roadway markers using Bayesian model-based filtered enhanced GPS geographical location data.

A snowplow mount is provided wherein a vehicle mount extending from the plowing vehicle is affixed to a reversing table, which is in turn rotatably connected to a plow moldboard at one or more pivots. One of the moldboard or the reversing table includes a bearing thereon, the bearing having a bearing bore defined therein. The other of the moldboard or the reversing table includes a pin which is elastically journalled within the bearing so that the pin and bearing may both rotate with respect to each other as well as translate with respect to each other in radial directions (i.e., in planes which are generally parallel to the axes of the pin and the bearing bore). Thus, loading of the moldboard allows the moldboard to translate with respect to the reversing table at the pivot as well as rotate. The reversing table is rotatably affixed to the vehicle mount with a linear actuator affixed therebetween so that actuation of the linear actuator will cause the reversing table to rotate with respect to the vehicle mount. The linear actuator is elastically mounted between the reversing table and vehicle mount so that the two may rotate a slight amount with respect to each other, with such rotation being elastically resisted. As a result, shock loading of the moldboard (and thus the reversing table) will not be readily transmitted to the linear actuator.

A windshield wiper snow removal and deicing device raises a windshield wiper blade away from a windshield, upon which the blade is otherwise maintained in contacting engagement therewith by a wiper biasing spring connected to the wiper arm, such that the blade falls down and impacts the windshield to remove snow and ice accumulated thereon while wiping on the windshield. In a first embodiment, a motor connected to the arm rotates a flap connected thereto to raise the blade above the windshield. In a second embodiment, a cover for a casing attached to the windshield is raised into an idle deployment configuration for engaging the arm and raising the blade above the windshield. In a third embodiment, a body on the arm has a pivoting member to engage an engagement stop on the windshield, with the pivoting member pivoting into a vertical configuration to lift the blade off the windshield.

An environment protection type snow melt agent is prepared from the rejected liquid. Its advantages are no corrosion, low cost, and low thawing temp. Said rejected liquid is generated in making gas by carbonizing wood dust.

This method provides various high-power-ratio snow removal devices which clear paths narrower than the motor vehicles. We use small, light, low-priced, yet also safe, durable devices to clear the narrow swaths. High power ratios result from applying motor vehicle horsepower to small snow removal devices similar to those found on lawn tractors. Such devices may comprise moldboard plows (FIGS. 3, 9, 10, 11, 15, 16), snow throwers (FIGS. 7 and 13), or combinations of both types (FIG. 12 and 17). Quick-connect and quick-release fittings (FIGS. 3A, 3B, 6, 8, 9A, 9B, 14) position each device for temporary propulsion by a vehicle. The connectors allow quick conversion of the family car to a plowing machine, and when plowing is done, quick re-conversion. A moldboard plow of about half the car's width (FIG. 3) is our preferred embodiment. The mini-moldboard (FIG. 10) is least expensive. Deepest snow can be handled by our tall, narrow moldboard (FIG. 15). We protect homeowners, their cars and their plows from injury when plows strike hidden objects. Protection devices comprise safety springs (60) and pivots (63, 67 and 69) of FIG. 3B, the tension-release mechanism mentioned but not detailed in FIG. 15, annor shields (396, 398) of FIG. 16 and various others mentioned or provided for in our drawings but not detailed. We prefer cars' chassis tie-down ears (72) in FIG. 3A, as connector points for our plow or thrower arms. For cars lacking such ears, we propose add-on ears. For example, tie-down ear (126) in FIG. 6.

An apparatus for locating, inspecting, or placing marks on a roadway. The apparatus includes a GPS-based machine vision locator for sampling discrete geographical location data of a pre-existing roadway mark evident on the roadway. A computer may determine a continuous smooth geographical location function fitted to the sampled geographical location data. And a marker is responsive to the GPS-based locator and geographical location function for replicating automatically the pre-existing roadway mark onto the roadway. The apparatus is typically part of a moving vehicle. A related method is disclosed for locating, inspecting, and placing marks on a resurfaced roadway. A similar apparatus can be used to guide a vehicle having a snow plow along a snow-covered roadway, or a paving machine along an unpaved roadway surface.

A snow removal apparatus in the form of a shovel in which a leveraged arrangement is used to lift snow gathered on the shovel blade by lateral movement of such blade while supported by a handle adjustably secured upon the blade and the shovel handle is rested upon an underlying surface while snow is being lifted and moved to a dumping area by leveraged foot movement upon a pivot arm pivoted upon the handle and attached to the blade thus avoiding strain on a shovelers arms and spine while shoveling.

An apparatus for placing marks on a resurfaced roadway. The apparatus includes a GPS-based locator for sampling discrete geographical location data of a pre-existing roadway mark evident on the roadway before resurfacing. A computer determines a continuous smooth geographical location function fitted to the sampled geographical location data. And a marker is responsive to the GPS-based locator and geographical location function for replicating automatically the pre-existing roadway mark onto the resurfaced roadway. The apparatus is typically part of a moving vehicle. A related method is disclosed for placing marks on a resurfaced roadway. A similar apparatus can be used to guide a vehicle having a snow plow along a snow covered roadway, or a paving machine along an unpaved roadway surface.

A snow removal vehicle is described and it has an enclosed snow melting chamber provided with a plurality of high pressure steam jets which are connected to one or more steam generators. The enclosed snow melting chamber has a water collecting reservoir in a lower portion thereof below a bottom wall of the snow melting chamber. The bottom wall has passages to channel water from the snow melting chamber to the water collecting reservoir. The vehicle body has a front entry opening communicating with the snow melting chamber and an auger screw is mounted in the front entry opening to eject snow inside a forward end of the snow melting chamber. Snow propelling wheels are secured along at least a front end portion of the snow melting chamber to propel snow ejected from the auger along the snow melting chamber for contact by the high pressure steam to melt the snow. An outlet evacuating valve is provided to evacuate water collected in the water collecting reservoir. The vehicle may also be equipped with a hopper shute for use in a stationary mode to melt snow dumped in the shute.

A snowthrower has a rotatable chute that directs the snow stream in different directions depending on the rotational position of the chute. A slidable hand grip is mounted on one of the handle tubes of the snowthrower. The hand grip can be slid down the handle tube by the operator to rotate the chute in a first direction. The hand grip can be slid up the handle tube by the operator to rotate the chute in a second opposite direction. The hand grip includes a rounded knob that the operator can grip with one hand. A latch is provided to lock the hand grip in an adjusted position on the handle tube.

The invention belongs to the technical field of snow removal equipment for removing snow on a road and spreading a snow-melting agent, and in particular to a vehicle-mounted multifunctional snow remover. The vehicle-mounted multifunctional snow remover comprises a vehicle cab, a snow removal shovel device, a vehicle chassis, a hydraulic pump station, a snow-melting agent spreader and a swing ventral shovel device, wherein, the swing ventral shovel device is arranged in the middle part of the vehicle chassis; an ice-breaking roller device is arranged in the front of the swing ventral shovel device, and a snow-sweeping roller brush device is arranged in the back of the swing ventral shovel device; the ice-breaking roller device consists of an ice-breaking roller chute, an ice-breaking roller slide rail, a spring seat, a spring bar, a spring, an ice-breaking roller and an ice-breaking roller lift cylinder; and the snow-sweeping roller brush device consists of a roller brush chute, a roller brush slide rail, a support plate, a support axle, a worm wheel, a roller brush frame, a roller brush assembly, a worm, a roller brush rotating-angle adjustment hydraulic motor and a roller brush lift cylinder. The vehicle-mounted multifunctional snow remover has the advantages of completing the four procedures of pushing snow, breaking ice, sweeping and spreading the snow-melting agent once, improving the snow removal effect, accelerating the snow removal speed and protecting the original asphalt pavement from damage.

A U-shaped handle is physically attached to the back of a deflector atop a snow directing chute on a snowthrower. The deflector pivots atop the chute to adjust the trajectory of a stream of snow being thrown by the snowthrower. The handle is gripped and moved up and down to effect a pivotal adjustment of the deflector. A pivotal latch is carried on the handle which latch protrudes into the open interior hand grip space of the handle. The latch is spring biased so that a detent on the latch engages with a toothed rack with the interengagement between the detent and the rack holding the deflector in an adjusted position. When the operator grips the handle and squeezes the fingers of the gripping hand closed, the latch is pivoted to remove the detent from the rack and thereby permit pivotal adjustment of the deflector.

A snowplow wing attached to the end of a snowplow blade may be manually adjusted into position to increase the operative width of the snowplowing surface, and otherwise capture or direct the flow of snow being plowed.

A snow removal system (100) for melting snow into water includes a container (110) having a storage chamber (124) adapted to store snow and a predetermined amount of water (114). The snow removal system also includes a heating assembly (104) at least partially disposed in the storage chamber and adapted to heat water stored in the storage chamber to a selected temperature. The snow removal system further includes a mixing system (106) adapted to pressurize water and discharge the pressurized water through at least one nozzle (168). The nozzle is oriented to direct the pressurized water into the storage chamber. A method of snow removal whereby the snow removal system (100) is used to mix snow with heated water by spraying of pressurized water.

A snow removal or ground-surface cleaning apparatus that is pushed or pulled by a prime mover. The apparatus has a drum array that includes rows of triple-stepped blade-like fingers distributed evenly around a drum array. These fingers are stiffly flexible and can cleanly and efficiently pick up snow and debris from uneven ground surfaces.

The invention discloses a rain and snow removing method for an image based on multiple guided filtering, relates to image processing, and provides a rain and snow removing method for the image based on the multiple guided filtering, which can improve the visual effect of the image captured under the rainy and snowy weather conditions, can improve the accuracy of a visual algorithm. The method comprises the following steps: 1, the image itself serves as the guided image, and the guided filter is performed to the image with rain or snow so as to obtain the high frequency part and the low frequency part; 2, the low frequency part with the enhanced edge serves as the guided image, and after the guided filter is performed to the high frequency part, a recovery image is obtained by adding the low frequency part; 3, the least value of the recovery image and an input image is taken so as to obtain a clear recovery image; 4, the balance in the clear recovery image and the recovery is taken so as to obtain the final recovery image with better definition and removal effect. The rain and snow removal of the single image is realized based on the difference of rain lines or snow flowers and background edges.

The invention relates to a catalytic decomposition low-concentration hydrogen peroxide reactor and a combustion chamber, which solve the problem that in the prior art, price is expensive, safety is not high, freezing point is high, decomposition temperature and ignition temperature are high, purpose is single and the like. A multilayer low-bed-load and pre-contact fine silver net catalysis bed for catalytic decomposition of 40%-70% of hydrogen peroxide is adopted, and service life is greatly prolonged. Radial holes or / and axial holes are arranged on a laryngeal casing of the catalytic decomposition low-concentration hydrogen peroxide reactor for using in underground reactor oil recovery by heating, mining and marine accident self rescuing and a life support system of spaceships and rocket oxidizer storage tank supercharging. The catalytic decomposition low-concentration hydrogen peroxide combustion chamber is provided with a plurality of radial spraying holes for spraying diesel oil or kerosene, an electronic spark plug for ignition, a combustion chamber body with the 40%-70% of hydrogen peroxide serving as a regeneration cooling agent and two kinds of spraying tubes, and the catalytic decomposition low-concentration hydrogen peroxide combustion chamber can be used for thrust chamber gas spraying thrust of a plurality of military projects and road ice and snow removal by heat and crude oil pollution.

A snow removal machine including a housing with a forward opening through which snow enters the snow removal machine. At least one rotatable member is positioned and rotatably secured within the housing for engaging and eliminating the snow from within said housing. The snow removal machine also includes a surface treatment application system with a treatment material dispensing system connected to the housing for dispensing a liquid or solid deicer and / or anti-icing treatment material over an area from which snow has been removed.

The invention discloses a mechanical scraping and electrical heating combined snow removal greenhouse. In the greenhouse, a gear guide rail and a platform guide rail are arranged on the cross beam in the middle of the greenhouse, a moving platform is arranged on the platform guide rail, a motor is arranged on a movable platform, and edge guide rails are arranged on the cross beams at the two endsof the greenhouse; driving pinions on the driving shafts on the two sides of the motor are meshed with the gear guide rail, and the driving pinions can move up and down on the gear guide rails; a snow removing plate is arranged at one end of the motor, left and right snow removing plates are formed on the two sides of the snow removing plate and the outer ends of the left and right snow removing plates are embedded in the inner edge rollers of the edge guide rails; a plurality of electric heating tube supporting beams are arranged on a top beam, and waterproof electric heating tubes which areconnected with the power wire through electrical wires are arranged on the surfaces of the electric heating tube supporting beams; and the design heights of the lower ends of the left and right snow removing plates are required to be greater than those of the waterproof electric heating tubes. The mechanical scraping and electrical heating combined snow removal greenhouse has the advantages of effectively removing snow accumulated on the top of the greenhouse, reducing heavy and dangerous snow removing work at night, and allowing planting in greenhouse to be carried out normally on snowy days.

Techniques that leverage social media to proactively respond to inclement weather conditions such as snow that affect road conditions and, for example, coordinate snow removal from the roads are provided. In one aspect, a method for sharing road condition information is provided. The method includes the following steps. Data is collected from vehicles related to road conditions at various locations. The data is stored in an off-vehicle system. The data is processed to determine what type of maintenance activity is needed based on the road conditions. The maintenance activity and the locations are provided to dispatchers to enable routing of municipal vehicles to the locations to address the road conditions. A system for sharing road conditions is also provided.

A snowthrower has a rotatable chute that directs the snow stream in different directions depending on the rotational position of the chute. A slidable hand grip is mounted on one of the handle tubes of the snowthrower. The hand grip can be slid down the handle tube by the operator to rotate the chute in a first direction. The hand grip can be slid up the handle tube by the operator to rotate the chute in a second opposite direction. The hand grip includes a rounded knob that the operator can grip with one hand. A latch is provided to lock the hand grip in an adjusted position on the handle tube.

Embodiments of the invention provide a tracking system for a snow removal remote unit and crew. The tracking system of the invention is configured to interface with a GPS system to determine the location of a remote unit, and more particularly, to determine if the remote unit is operating at a removal location. If the removal unit is operating at a removal location, the tracking system of the invention is configured to track the time expended at the removal location conducting removal operations. Once the removal operations are completed at the removal location, the tracking system of the invention is configured to transmit the tracking data to a base location where the information may be used for accounting, billing, invoicing, and / or scheduling operations via transmission or interfacing of the data to other software processes configured to conduct these processes.

An apparatus and method for snow and ice removal from a roadway or other horizontal civil engineering structure. The apparatus may include a conventional plow, a chipper to break apart ice, a nozzle to project a hot liquid to melt snow and ice, a heater to further melt snow and ice, and a vacuum to suction the melted snow and ice slurry for containment in a holding tank. The system is preferably mounted for carriage by a motor vehicle.

An adjustable snow shovel system for facilitating effective removal of accumulated snow has a generally tubular, three-way adjustable shovel frame. The system has a generally tubular, adjustable handle bar horizontally located on the shovel frame. The handle bar is adjustable for facilitating effective removal of accumulated snow. The system has a pivotally adjustable shovel assembly having a first shovel member and a second shovel member. The shovel assembly is generally horizontally located on the shovel frame. The shovel assembly can be affixed into a position having the first shovel member and the second shovel member in-line with one another maximizing a shovel assembly width for facilitating effective removal of accumulated snow. The shovel assembly can be affixed into a position having the first shovel member and the second shovel member located at an angle with respect to one another for facilitating effective removal of accumulated snow.

An apparatus for removing snow from an exterior surface of a vehicle. The apparatus includes a brush member having bristles attached to one side of a handle portion. The brush member has a predetermined shape. A first elongated handle member is engageable at a first end thereof with a first end of the brush member. An angle adjusting mechanism is engageable at a first end thereof with a second end of the first elongated handle member and a second elongated handle member is engageable at a first end thereof with a second end of the angle adjusting mechanism.

A snow removal machine of this invention has a blower provided in a blower housing for throwing up snow collected by an auger toward a chute. The blower has a plurality of supporting members provided on a drive shaft for rotating the auger and the blower and a plurality of throwing-up blades attached to the respective supporting members. The throwing-up blades are elastically deformable. A vacant space is formed between the supporting members and the throwing-up blades. The vacant space allows deformation of the throwing-up blades in a direction opposite to the rotation direction of the blower.