Patent ID: 6553693
Filing Date: 2003-04-29
Classification: B61D,E01H

Abstract:
Apparatus for removing snow comprising a turbine engine having intake and exhaust sections and being operably connected to a base, a discharge nozzle operably connected to said exhaust section and adapted to discharge said exhaust to an area of interest and controls to initiate operation of said turbine engine and to increase and decrease the power of said exhaust discharging from said discharge nozzle, said turbine engine being rotatable and tiltable relative to said base, an operator's station being separate from said base and operable to control said turbine engine, said operator's station remaining stationary during said rotatable and tiltable movement of said turbine engine relative to said base, said turbine engine having an afterburner to increase the temperature of said exhaust discharging from said discharge nozzle.