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Trail grooming method and apparatus

  • US 10,590,617 B2
  • Filed: 11/25/2017
  • Issued: 03/17/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/25/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. Apparatus for hardening the surface of a snow and ice covered trail which comprises:

  • means for movement of the apparatus over a snow and ice covered terrain that includes means to remove entrained air from snow and or ice particles proximate to said apparatus, said means to remove entrained air includes an elongated auger that feeds snow and ice from each axial extremity thereof toward the center thereof;

    means for redistribution of the dispersed snow and ice laterally and axially with respect to the direction of movement of the apparatus after dispersing has occurred; and

    means for compacting snow and ice redistributed by said means for redistributing to increase the hardness of the snow and ice that has been redistributed.

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