Patent ID: 7354466
Filing Date: 2008-04-08
Classification: A01G,A47L,B02C

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for collecting yard debris adapted to be disposed on a surface, said apparatus for collecting yard debris comprising: a. a frame; b. a blower unit mounted on said frame adapted to induce entraining air flow adjacent said surface and collect said yard debris in said entraining air flow; c. means for conducting said yard debris in said entraining air flow through said blower; d. an air-solids separator means operatively connected to said blower unit for separating said yard debris in said entraining air flow into a debris-enriched stream and a debris-depleted stream, said air-solids separator means having sidewalls inclined upwardly and inwardly at from about 5 degrees to about 25 degrees from the vertical and comprising a free-flow apparatus for separating said yard debris in said entraining air flow into said debris-enriched stream and said debris-depleted stream by action of body forces thereupon; and e. a detachable accumulation means adapted to receive said debris-enriched stream from said air-solids separator means; said detachable accumulation means being generally impervious to air and being adapted to be detachably sealed to said air-solids separator means.