Patent ID: 9027662
Filing Date: 2015-05-12
Classification: A01G,B60P,B65H,E01C

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for extracting and collecting particulate infill from an infilled artificial turf field comprising: a vehicle having a first forward end and a second rearward end; an infill extractor located at the first end of the vehicle and adapted to extract infill from a strip of the infilled athletic turf field as the vehicle moves therealong, whereby the extracted infill falls into a bottom section of the infill extractor; an infill mover secured to the vehicle and adapted to move the extracted infill from the bottom section of the infill extractor toward the second end of the vehicle; and an infill collector connected to the second end of the vehicle and operable to cooperate with the infill mover to collect the moved infill, the infill collector further including a frame that is laterally movable relative to the vehicle from an operative “in use” position to a stowed position when not in use.