Patent ID: 9200419
Filing Date: 2015-12-01
Classification: E01H

Abstract:
1. A vehicle-mounted snowblower assembly for movement in a forward direction for removing snow, comprising: a snowblower housing having a pair of spaced sidewalls, an upper hood extending between the sidewalls and a lower leading edge, wherein the spaced sidewalls and the upper hood of the snowblower housing define an open interior that receives snow to be removed; a rotating impeller contained within the open interior of the snowblower housing, the impeller having a plurality of impeller blades each having a blade tip, wherein the blade tips extend past the lower leading edge of the snowblower housing; and a pair of side augers each rotatable about a vertical axis and mounted within the open interior of the snowblower housing on opposite sides of the impeller, each of the side augers including an auger blade that extends past the lower edge of the snowblower housing, wherein the upper hood includes an upper leading edge, wherein each of the sidewalls and the upper leading edge extend past the blade tips, the auger blades of the pair of side augers and the lower leading edge in the forward, direction.