Patent ID: 7695214

Claim:
An asphalt pavement remover for use with a moving machine, the moving machine having an articulating element capable of tilting forward and rearward and lifting, said asphalt pavement remover comprising: a backplate adapted to be attached to the articulating element; a single L-shaped lifting blade attached to and centrally disposed on the backplate and extending outward from the backplate, said L-shaped lifting blade including a generally planar upstanding arm and a generally planar, elongated lower arm having a forward end wherein the upstanding arm and the lower arm define a right angle; and a wedge-shaped splitter attached to and on top of said lower arm of said L-shaped lifting blade, the wedge-shaped splitter having a width, wherein the width at its widest part is no wider than a width of said L-shaped lifting blade, wherein said wedge-shaped splitter has a forward end extending in the same direction of said lower arm of said L-shaped lifting blade away from said upstanding arm, said wedge-shaped splitter having a length which is less than half a length of the lower arm of the L-shaped lifting blade such that said forward end of said wedge-shaped splitter is located rearwardly of said forward end of said lower arm of the L-shaped lifting blade and wherein said forward end of said wedge-shaped splitter is wedge-shaped and has two opposed, generally vertical faces which taper and meet to form a leading edge.