Patent ID: 6276463
Filing Date: 2001-08-21
Classification: A01B

Abstract:
An apparatus for beneficially disrupting dumps of mined material, said apparatus supported solely by a tractor and movable horizontally and vertically by the tractor and comprising:at least one upright member, having a top end and a bottom end, said top end removably connectable to the tractor; anda horizontal member attached to said bottom end of said at least one upright member, said horizontal member comprising:a leading top surface;a trailing top surface; anda bottom surface, said bottom surface being horizontal and intersecting said leading top surface at a leading edge and intersecting said tailing top surface at a trailing edge, wherein said intersection of said bottom surface with said top leading surface defines a first angle of at least approximately 11 degrees and said intersection of said bottom surface with said top trailing surface defines a second angle of between approximately 10 degrees and approximately 16 degrees;wherein said leading top, said trailing top and said bottom surfaces define a substantially tiangular cross section of said horizontal member, and wherein filter said horizontal member comprises a V-shaped plan profile, wherein said leading edge comprises two front edges intersecting at an angle to define a forwardly directed vertex of said plan profile, and said trailing edge comprises two edges parallel to respective ones of said two front edges.