US 11,674,278 B2
Method and snow removal blade for the removal of snow from a road surface
Enzo Giletta, Revello (IT)
Assigned to GILETTA S.p.A., (IT)
Filed by GILETTA S.p.A., Revello (IT)
Filed on May 24, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/422,487.
Claims priority of application No. 102018000005730 (IT), filed on May 25, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2019/0376247 A1, Dec. 12, 2019
Int. Cl. E01H 10/00 (2006.01); E01H 5/06 (2006.01)
CPC E01H 10/007 (2013.01) [E01H 5/061 (2013.01); E01H 5/066 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for removing snow from a snow-covered road surface comprising:
providing a snow removal blade, the blade comprising a rolling body, a removal knife connected to a lower portion of said rolling body and configured to slide adjacent a road surface, a feeding assembly, and a mixing and pressing member arranged behind said removal knife in a forward movement direction of the blade, the feeding assembly comprising a melting material, a plurality of delivery nozzles, the plurality of delivery nozzles comprising outlets arranged in a channel defined by the removal knife and the mixing and pressing member;
moving the blade forward along the road surface to be cleaned;
removing part of the snow with the removal blade, allowing a layer of compact residual snow to remain on the road surface;
spraying the melting material through the outlets of the plurality of nozzles onto the layer of residual snow, the melting material exiting the outlets of the plurality of nozzles as a liquid; and
mixing the layer of residual snow with said melting material present in the channel by means of the mixing and pressing member.