Patent ID: 7013982
Filing Date: 2006-03-21
Classification: E02F,F41H

Abstract:
1. An elevating scraper adapted to be towed by a tractor to perform earth-removing and separating operations comprising: a forwardly openable scraper bowl having a bottom and a first opening in the bottom and further having a forwardly extending scraper edge that is movable with respect to the scraper bowl to remove earth and to pass that earth to an earth conveyor through said first opening as it is towed by the tractor, the earth conveyor adapted to receive scraped earth from the forwardly extending scraper edge and convey the scraped earth to a separator, and the separator configured to accept scraped earth from the earth conveyor and to separate and to retain comparatively larger material from the scraped earth and to pass comparatively smaller material through a second opening in the bottom of the scraper bowl.