In snowy regions (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, heavy
snow areas), while
snow removal on flat ground has been mechanized with
snow removal machines, the
mechanization of
snow removal from roofs has not progressed at all. Therefore, we will realize full-scale
mechanization technology for
snow removal from roofs that can be performed from the ground. [Solution] Based on a small
aerial work platform, the tip work platform was replaced with a telescopic boom, and a
shovel rod (
handle) that extends and retracts was added from within the boom. A
shovel blade 14 was fixed to the tip of the
shovel rod, and the extension and retraction operation of the shovel rod was used to poke the snow off the roof and wash it down along the slope of the roof, enabling
snow removal work on the roofs of ordinary wooden houses from the ground.