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System and method to excavate and fill

  • US 9,103,091 B2
  • Filed: 04/30/2012
  • Issued: 08/11/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/30/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system to excavate and fill, the system comprising:

  • a canister adapted to receive and store excavated material;

    a plurality of blades mounted inside of the canister about a horizontal shaft proximate a bottom end of the canister;

    a motor, wherein the motor is adapted to rotate the plurality of blades to move the excavated material stored in the canister to the bottom end of the canister;

    a downward sloping lip projecting from a sidewall of the canister to approximately a center line of the canister above the shaft and over upwardly rotating blades of the plurality of blades, and configured to funnel the excavated material on to downwardly rotating blades of the plurality of blades; and

    a blower configured to blow air through an area between two adjacent blades to clear the excavated material at the bottom end of the canister out of an opposing side of the canister through a discharge port.

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