Patent ID: 7810202
Filing Date: 2010-10-12
Classification: A01G,E01H

Abstract:
1. A debris collecting device comprising: a rotatable drum having a plurality of radially extending debris piercing tynes, a rake adapted to cooperate with said drum, said rake comprising dual arcuate shaped blades, including a debris releasing blade and a reversing blade adapted to contiguously contact opposite sides of said drum over the whole length thereof at respective leading edges thereof, said blades including elongate slots adapted to intersect and accommodate a travel path of said tynes as the drum rotates such that debris pierced and picked up by said tynes rotating in a first direction is dislodged for transfer to a catcher, a reservoir positioned proximate to said rake and wherein said debris is dislodged into said reservoir, and said debris releasing blade is formed as an extending lip of said reservoir.