Patent ID: 7121021
Filing Date: 2006-10-17
Classification: E01H

Abstract:
1. A snow removal machine, comprising: an auger for collecting snow; a blower provided in a blower housing for throwing up the collected snow; a drive shaft for rotating the auger and the blower; and a chute for guiding the thrown-up snow for throwing the snow onto a desired location; wherein the blower comprises a plurality of supporting members provided radially on the drive shaft and having flat distal end portions inclined in a direction opposite to a direction of rotation of the blower, and a plurality of resilient elastically deformable throwing-up blades having proximal end portions attached to the respective supporting members in the vicinity of the inclined flat distal end portions of the supporting members and blade bodies extending radially outward from the respective proximal end portions, each of the inclined flat distal end portions of the supporting members and a corresponding one of the blade bodies of the throwing-up blades defining therebetween a generally triangular space so as to allow the throwing-up blade to undergo bending only about the proximal end portion thereof while keeping the blade body free from deformation until the blade body comes in contact with the inclined flat distal end portion of the supporting member.