Patent ID: 6077362
Filing Date: 2000-06-20
Classification: E01H

Abstract:
A portable apparatus that is hand carriable for breaking up and liquefying clump material, comprising in combination:a main chamber for housing a pre-pressurized liquid having an exit port;activation means on the main chamber for releasing the pre-pressurized liquid from the chamber;a shroud cover having a narrow upper open end connected to the exit port of the main chamber, and a lower expansive open end for fitting over and covering clump material located on a ground surface;means to adjust the narrow upper open of the shroud cover so that the shroud cover can pivot and bend relative to the main chamber; anda nozzle connected to the narrow upper end of the shroud cover for directing the released pressurized fluid through the narrow open end of the shroud cover and out the lower expansive open end to liquify and break the up clump material located on the ground surface, wherein the chamber shroud, adjust means and nozzle together as a single unit are hand carriable to remote sites and the adjust means adjusts the direction of the released pressurized fluid for optimum dispersion of the clump material.