Patent ID: 8881432

Claim:
A ditch-cleaning device comprising: a drum upon which a plurality of digger teeth and scoops extend; wherein the drum is rotatably attached to a continuous track machine and driven along a ditch or depressed ground surface in order to adaptively detach and hurl undergrowth there from; wherein the drum is further defined by a front surface and a cylindrical surface; wherein the cylindrical surface is further defined by an outer region, middle region, and inner region; wherein the digger teeth are located on the front surface and the outer region of the cylindrical surface; wherein the scoops are located on the inner region of the cylindrical surface; wherein the digger teeth are cylindrical protuberances that extend at least one inch to not more than 10 inches from the surface of the drum; wherein the middle region exists between the inner region and the outer region and separates the digger teeth from the scoops; wherein the middle region enables an amount of time to elapse between action by the digger teeth and the scoops, which adaptively enables the undergrowth to separate from the digger teeth and drop back towards the ground; wherein the scoops are composed of curved pieces that are aligned down the length of the drum; the curved pieces of the scoops are concentrically-aligned along the exterior of the drum, and are suited for collecting detached undergrowth and hurling said undergrowth up and away to a side of the ground being worked by the drum; wherein the drum is rotated with respect to the continuous track machine via a rotating means that is installed on the continuous track machine; wherein the rotating means can rotate the drum either clockwise or counterclockwise.