Patent ID: 7866067
Filing Date: 2011-01-11
Classification: E01H,F02M,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A snow blower, comprising: a muffler; a heater box that has a top wall, wherein the heater box has a plurality of side walls that extend from the top wall, wherein the top wall and the side walls define an interior of the heater box and form a portion of the exterior outer perimeter of the heater box, wherein one of the side walls defines a muffler aperture for use in venting exhaust gases from the muffler, wherein the muffler is at least partially located in the interior of the heater box such that the side walls of the heater box surround at least a portion of all of the sides of the muffler; and a carburetor located in the interior such that the interior is a common interior to both the muffler and the carburetor, wherein air present in the common interior is heated by the muffler and is input to the carburetor from the common interior, wherein the side wall that defines the muffler aperture and another one of the plurality of side walls both directly face both the muffler and the carburetor.