Patent ID: 6202327
Filing Date: 2001-03-20
Classification: E01H

Abstract:
A vehicle including an ice-scraping mechanism adapted to scrape ice from a roadway as the vehicle travels in a forward direction, the ice-scraping mechanism comprising:a tool carrier mounted on the vehicle; anda plurality of ice-scraping tools mounted on the tool carrier and depending downwardly therefrom, each tool being non-rotatable relative to the tool carrier and including:a shank mounting the tool to the tool carrier, anda cutting head depending downwardly from the shank and including a forwardly facing rake face having a cutting edge extending along a lower end thereof, the rake face extending upwardly from the cutting edge in a forwardly inclined direction to define a positive rake angle;the cutting edges of adjacent tools extending in a direction transversely of the forward direction of travel, the cutting edges being aligned in the transverse direction and being spaced apart by a distance less than a width of each cutting edge measured in the transverse direction.