Patent ID: 8757391

Claim:
A garbage separation and recovery machine for beach cleaning that has a vehicle body frame ( 51 ) towed by a vehicle and right and left wheels ( 53 ) secured to an axle ( 52 ) supported freely rotatably by the vehicle body frame ( 51 ), and separates sand and garbage from each other, comprising: a drum type sieve body ( 54 ) that is freely rotatably secured to the vehicle body frame ( 51 ); a driving gear ( 92 ) secured to the axle ( 52 ); a transmission mechanism ( 91 ) that transmits driving force of the driving gear ( 92 ) to the drum type sieve body ( 54 ), wherein the transmission mechanism ( 91 ) has switching means ( 95 ) that is configured to perform a switching operation between an automatic rotation mode in which the drum type sieve body ( 54 ) is rotated by rotational force of the wheel ( 53 ) and a manual rotation mode in which the drum type sieve body ( 54 ) is released from the rotational force of the wheel ( 53 ) and allowed to be manually freely rotatable; a clutch pipe ( 96 ) mounted relative to the vehicle body frame ( 51 ) in parallel relative to the axle ( 52 ); a sliding member ( 161 ) positioned on the clutch pipe ( 96 ), said sliding member ( 161 ) being operatively connected to an operation lever ( 100 ) to be slidable in an axial direction relative to the clutch pipe ( 96 ) in accordance with the manual operation of the operation lever ( 100 ); a driven gear ( 93 ) mounted on the sliding member ( 161 ); and an urging member ( 175 ) operatively mounted between the sliding member ( 161 ) and the driven gear ( 93 ) for normally urging the driven gear ( 93 ) in the axial direction to an engaging position with the driving gear ( 92 ).