AN EARTH MOVER WHICH CONTINUOUSLY EXCAVATES A TRENCH AND SIMULTANEOUSLY CLEARS THE EXCAVATED TRENCH OF SPOILS

摘要

An earth mover for continuously excavating a trench and simultaneouslyclearing theexcavated trench of spoils and depositing the spoils alongside the excavatedtrench. Theearth mover including a cutter supported by a chassis in a rotatably drivablefashion abouta cutter axis of rotation that is fixed relative to the chassis. A strippingblade having astripping edge is disposed at a following position relative to the cutter andincludestransport surface contiguous with a spoils collector. A spoils transferassembly removesspoils from the spoils collector and deposits them alongside the excavatedtrench as theearth mover is propelled along a trenching path. Further included is a wheelsupportassembly secured to the chassis and including a pair of laterally spacedwheels providingground support to the chassis. The wheels are rotatable about an axis relativeto thechassis to position the chassis between ground engaging and transportpositions.