Patent ID: 7815811
Filing Date: 2010-10-19
Classification: B01D,E02B

Abstract:
1. A trash rake system for use in clearing debris from an intake rack, comprising: (a) a moveable support structure; (b) a support structure electric drive system adapted to move the moveable support structure under power horizontally along the intake rack; (c) a telescoping boom tiltably mounted to the moveable support structure; (d) a trash rake structure moveably mounted at a distal end of the telescoping boom such that the trash rake structure is moveable between a raking position and a dumping position; (e) a telescoping boom electric drive system adapted to exert a force to extend and retract the telescoping boom under power, thereby to move the trash rake structure vertically along the intake rack; and (f) a tilt electric drive system adapted to tilt the telescoping boom with respect to the moveable support structure thereby to move the trash rake structure toward or away from the intake rack.