Patent ID: 9027264
Filing Date: 2015-05-12
Classification: E02F

Abstract:
1. A ditch digger for removing earth from the ground to dig a ditch, said ditch digger comprising: a body; a substantially elongated blade mounted to said body, said blade defining a blade front end and a substantially longitudinally opposed blade rear end, said blade defining a blade bottom section and a pair of laterally opposed blade side sections extending generally upwardly therefrom; and a blade cleaner for moving said earth along said blade, said blade cleaner including a cleaning element operatively coupled to said body so that at least part of said cleaning element is movable substantially longitudinally relative to said blade, said cleaning element defining a cleaning element upper end and a cleaning element lower end opposed thereto, said cleaning element being movable between an extended configuration and a retracted configuration, said cleaning element lower end being closer to said blade bottom section in said extended configuration than in said retracted configuration; a cleaning element longitudinal actuator operatively coupled to said cleaning element for moving said at least part of said cleaning element substantially longitudinally along said blade; and a cleaning element transversal actuator operatively coupled to said cleaning element for moving said cleaning element between said retracted and extended configurations; wherein, when said ditch digger is in an operational configuration, said blade bottom section is lower adjacent said blade front end than adjacent said blade rear end; whereby moving said ditch digger along said ground with said blade front end inserted in said ground and said blade rear end provided above said ground removes said earth from said ground to dig said ditch.