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US09010450B2 Apparatus and methods for facilitating the removal of existing turf and installing new turf
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用于便于移除现有草坪并安装新草皮的装置和方法
- Patent Title: Apparatus and methods for facilitating the removal of existing turf and installing new turf
- Patent Title (中): 用于便于移除现有草坪并安装新草皮的装置和方法
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Application No.: US13793353Application Date: 2013-03-11
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Publication No.: US09010450B2Publication Date: 2015-04-21
- Inventor: Joseph E Motz , David P Motz
- Applicant: Technology Licensing Corp.
- Applicant Address: US OH Cincinnati
- Assignee: Technology Licensing Corp.
- Current Assignee: Technology Licensing Corp.
- Current Assignee Address: US OH Cincinnati
- Agency: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP
- Main IPC: A01B45/04
- IPC: A01B45/04 ; B65H18/10 ; A01G1/00 ; E01C13/08 ; B60P1/00 ; E01C19/52 ; E01C23/00

Abstract:
A turf cutter device, an infill extractor/collector device, and a turf wind-up device are used to facilitate the cost-effective removal of an infilled synthetic turf and the subsequent installation of a new turf at the same site, with minimal subsurface disruption. An infill extractor/collector device mounted on a motorized vehicle moves a relatively narrow strip of filled artificial turf from the surface, in front of the vehicle, and directs the strip to an infill removal station. The infill removal station inverts the strip and redirects the strip back toward the front of the vehicle, after agitating the strip to extract the infill. After redirecting the strip toward the front of the vehicle, the vehicle drives over the unfilled strip. Meanwhile, the extractor/collector device moves the extracted infill rearwardly to a bag located in a trailer. The turf cutter device is used prior to infill extraction, while the turf wind up device may be used before or after infill extraction, depending on whether infill extraction takes place at the field or at a remote site, respectively.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130189057A1 Apparatus And Methods For Facilitating The Removal Of Existing Turf And Installing New Turf Public/Granted day:2013-07-25
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