| 摘要 |
According to principles of this invention, a fiber shovel has a scoop assembly including a scoop and elongated pointed members attached to a front of the scoop, with the pointed members including V-shaped teeth formed in sheet metal of the scoop. The V-shaped teeth have side edges extending at angles of over 50° with a plane perpendicular to an elongated handle of the fiber shovel with side edges adjacent to other V-shaped teeth intersecting the side edges thereof to form V-shaped troughs between the V-shaped teeth. Further, a length of each pointed member, from its outer tip to an adjacent trough is at least 5 inches and this length is not less than 30% nor more than 50% of the total length of the scoop in the direction of the elongated handle. In the preferred embodiment there are four pointed members, and in one embodiment the pointed members are formed by the V-shaped teeth with tines extending from outer tips thereof. In another embodiment, the pointed members are formed only by V-shaped teeth, with the teeth being reinforced by crimps formed in the sheet metal.
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