Patent ID: 9203226
Filing Date: 2015-12-01
Classification: E02F,H02G

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for creating a channel through an existing covering surface, the apparatus comprising: a portable cutting machine including a single blade to cut through the existing covering surface and into a subsurface below the existing covering surface to create the channel, the existing covering surface comprising a first material selected from a group consisting of pavement, paving, concrete, asphalt, blacktop, cobblestone and brick, and the subsurface comprising a second material different from the first material, the single blade being configured to create the channel having a depth greater than a depth of the existing covering surface and a width between 1.27 cm and 3.8 cm, wherein the single blade is configured to create the channel having the depth of approximately 30.48 cm; a vacuum system including an inlet shroud covering at least a portion of the single blade, coupled to the portable cutting machine, to evacuate from the channel a volume of debris created by the single blade, wherein the inlet shroud includes at least one vent to further facilitate suction of the volume of debris from the channel; a first vehicle coupled to the portable cutting machine, wherein a first portion of the vacuum system is disposed on the first vehicle; and a second vehicle, wherein a second portion of the vacuum system is disposed on the second vehicle.