Collector and separator apparatus for lawn and garden
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1. An apparatus for collecting yard debris adapted to be disposed on a surface, said apparatus for collecting yard debris comprising:
- a. a frame;
b. a blower unit mounted on said frame adapted to induce entraining air flow adjacent said surface and collect said yard debris in said entraining air flow;
c. means for conducting said yard debris in said entraining air flow through said blower;
d. an air-solids separator means operatively connected to said blower unit for separating said yard debris in said entraining air flow into a debris-enriched stream and a debris-depleted stream, said air-solids separator means having sidewalls inclined upwardly and inwardly at from about 5 degrees to about 25 degrees from the vertical and comprising a free-flow apparatus for separating said yard debris in said entraining air flow into said debris-enriched stream and said debris-depleted stream by action of body forces thereupon; and
e. a detachable accumulation means adapted to receive said debris-enriched stream from said air-solids separator means;
said detachable accumulation means being generally impervious to air and being adapted to be detachably sealed to said air-solids separator means.
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Abstract
An apparatus for collection and reduction of twig-containing yard debris combining a frontally facing twig breaker with a chipper-shredder-blower unit to induce airflow for entraining debris collected at the vacuum pick up; reduce the entrained debris to a more manageable volume; impel the reduced debris to a free-flow-separator device for removing the debris from the air in which it is entrained; and deposit the debris in a detachable accumulator for subsequent dumping.
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1. An apparatus for collecting yard debris adapted to be disposed on a surface, said apparatus for collecting yard debris comprising:
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a. a frame; b. a blower unit mounted on said frame adapted to induce entraining air flow adjacent said surface and collect said yard debris in said entraining air flow; c. means for conducting said yard debris in said entraining air flow through said blower; d. an air-solids separator means operatively connected to said blower unit for separating said yard debris in said entraining air flow into a debris-enriched stream and a debris-depleted stream, said air-solids separator means having sidewalls inclined upwardly and inwardly at from about 5 degrees to about 25 degrees from the vertical and comprising a free-flow apparatus for separating said yard debris in said entraining air flow into said debris-enriched stream and said debris-depleted stream by action of body forces thereupon; and e. a detachable accumulation means adapted to receive said debris-enriched stream from said air-solids separator means; said detachable accumulation means being generally impervious to air and being adapted to be detachably sealed to said air-solids separator means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. An apparatus for collecting yard debris adapted to be disposed on a surface, said apparatus for collecting yard debris comprising:
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a. a frame; b. a blower unit mounted on said frame adapted to induce entraining air flow and entrain said yard debris in said entraining air flow; c. means for conducting said yard debris in said entraining air flow through said blower; d. an air-solids separator means operatively connected to said blower unit for separating said yard debris in said entraining air flow into a debris-enriched stream and a debris-depleted stream, said air-solids separator means having sidewalls inclined upwardly and inwardly at from about 5 degrees to about 25 degrees from the vertical and comprising a free-flow apparatus for separating said yard debris in said entraining air flow into said debris-enriched stream and said debris-depleted stream by action of body forces thereupon; and e. an accumulation means adapted to receive said debris-enriched stream from said air-solids separator means; said accumulation means being generally impervious to air. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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46. An apparatus for collecting yard debris disposed on a surface, said apparatus for collecting yard debris comprising:
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a. a frame; b. a blower unit mounted on said frame adapted to induce air flow and entrain yard debris in said air flow; c. means for conducting said yard debris in said air flow through said blower; d. an air-solids separator means operatively connected to said blower unit for separating said yard debris in said entraining air flow into a debris-enriched stream and a debris-depleted stream, said air-solids separator means having sidewalls inclined upwardly and inwardly at from about 5 degrees to about 25 degrees from the vertical and comprising a free-flow apparatus for separating said yard debris in said entraining air flow into said debris-enriched stream and said debris-depleted stream by action of body forces thereupon; and e. a detachable accumulation means adapted to receive said debris-enriched stream from said air-solids separator means; said detachable accumulation means being generally impervious to air and being adapted to be deployed within a housing and detachable from said air-solids separator means. - View Dependent Claims (47, 48)
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