Self propelled blower

摘要

A self propelled blower cleans debris from a gutter and has a housing with rear inlet and front outlet, an electrically powered air mover for moving air into the inlet and blowing it out of the outlet, a guide track laying along a channel of the gutter, an electrically powered housing mover engaged to the track for moving the housing along the guide track and a power circuit electrically connected to the air and housing movers for powering them at the same time to blow air forwardly along the gutter as the housing moves forwardly along the gutter.

主权项

1. A self propelled blower apparatus for cleaning debris from a gutter having a channel (100) for collecting and guiding water from a roof (110), the apparatus comprising:
a housing (12) having a rear wall (14) with a rear air inlet opening (14a) and a front wall (16) with front air outlet opening (16a); an electrically powered air mover (20) in the housing (12) for moving air into the housing through the rear air inlet opening (14a) and blowing the air out of the housing through the front air outlet opening (16a) when powered; a guide track (40) adapted to lay along a channel of a gutter; an electrically powered housing mover (30) mounted in the housing and engaged to the guide track for moving the housing along the guide track when powered; and a power circuit (50) electrically connected to the air and housing movers for powering the air and housing movers at the same time to blow air forwardly along the gutter as the housing moves forwardly along the track, the power station including at least one rechargeable battery (52) for powering the movers (20, 30).