Shovel-like, digging, scooping and transporting apparatus

摘要

This is a multi-purpose apparatus capable of digging, scooping up materials, loading and transporting such to a selected site for unloading with automatic loading and unloading features. It comprises two elongated pieces, curved toward each other at lower portions, and pivoted together near their mid-sections with a pivot pin. The ends of their lower portions have teeth that mesh with each other, when closed. A rod- like member with a knob at its upper end is fixed to the pivot pin. In addition, a shorter tubular slide, with a cylindrical prism at one end and a grooved portion at its bottom end, rides up and down the rod-like member. The tubular slide has provision for either an individual or a robot arm to grasp it and manipulate the apparatus for scratching and digging into the material. This provision also enables one to lift and automatically load the loosened materials. One or more wheels are provided at one of the device's lower portions to enable its user to transport the scooped up material to a selected site. To unload the material, one simply lifts the apparatus by the knob of the rod-like member. The lower portions separate by virtue of the weights located at the top of its upper portions, so that the scooped up material may unload.