Patent ID: 9010450
Filing Date: 2015-04-21
Classification: A01G,B60P,B65H,E01C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for removing an infilled synthetic turf from a site comprising: a motorized vehicle; an extractor/collector located at a first end of the motorized vehicle, the extractor/collector further including an input section, an infill removal section, and an infill collector section; wherein the input section is adapted to direct a strip of infilled artificial turf up from a surface of the site and to the infill removal section as the motorized vehicle moves in a first direction, the infill removal section is adapted to invert the strip and to contact the inverted strip as the strip traverses the infill removal section so as to remove the infill therefrom and to thereafter redirect the strip toward the first end of the vehicle and eventually back onto the surface ahead of the vehicle, and the infill collector section is adapted to collect the infill removed from the strip; and the motorized vehicle being drivable across the surface in the first direction so as to cause the filled strip to move up from the surface in front of the vehicle and then to thereafter place the strip back onto the surface in front of the vehicle in an unfilled condition after the extracting and collecting of infill therefrom, so that the motorized vehicle thereafter moves over the strip in an unfilled condition.