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Blower attachmentRelated Patent Categories: Brushing, Scrubbing, And General Cleaning, Machines, With Air Blast Or Suction, Air Blast OnlyBlower attachment description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20070199175, Blower attachment. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/765,232, filed Feb. 3, 2006. The entire content of such application is incorporated by reference herein. TECHNICAL FIELD [0002] The present invention relates generally to the field of blowers used to disperse debris from lawns, golf greens and other surfaces and, more particularly, to a blower attachment for directing the flow of air from a turbine blower to a playing surface. BACKGROUND ART [0003] Debris blowers are well-known in the prior art. For example, U.S. Pat. No. 6,073,305 discloses a debris blower for use in dispersing and collecting grass clipping, leaves and other debris from sidewalks, driveways, lawns, golf courses and other surfaces. Another example is the Model KB or Hurricane PTO driven debris blower manufactured by Buffalo Turbine of 180 Zoar Valley Road, Springville N.Y. 14141. Such blowers are know to use a rotating power-driven fan or turbine to create and output a fairly concentrated airflow within a given velocity range. [0004] However, devices known in the prior art do not provide an attachment that can be detachably connected to the blower and that will direct the airflow from the blower so that it may be used to move a top dressing material, such as sand, into aeration holes, thatch, artificial turf or other surfaces. Hence, it would be useful to provide an attachment to a blower that directs the flow of the air stream from the blower onto a surface. DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION [0005] With parenthetical reference to the corresponding parts, portions or surfaces of the disclosed embodiment, merely for purposes of illustration and not by way of limitation, the present invention provides a blower attachment (15) comprising a frame (16) having a connecting assembly (18) for releasably connecting to a blower (35), a housing (19) supported by the frame and enclosing a chamber (20), the housing having a top portion (21), a bottom portion (22) and side portions (23a-d), an inlet (24) to the chamber in the top portion of the housing, the inlet having a maximum inlet width (34), a conduit (25) adapted to extend between the inlet and a blower outlet port (36), multiple baffles (26a-h) in the chamber orientated vertically and extending from a first point (27a-d) below the inlet to a second point (28a-d) peripheral to the inlet, an outlet (29) from the chamber positioned below the inlet and having a maximum outlet width (73) greater than the maximum inlet width, an adjustment mechanism (30) adapted to adjust the height of the outlet relative to an underlying surface (38), the conduit, inlet, chamber, baffles and outlet adapted to direct flow (79) from the blower through the inlet into the chamber and out the outlet against the underlying surface. The attachment may further comprise a containment skirt (31) extending below and around at least a portion of the peripheral edge of the outlet. The containment skirt may comprise flexible fibers adapted to brush the underlying surface. [0006] Accordingly, the general object is to provide an attachment to a blower that directs airflow against a stretch of grass or artificial turf of a given width. [0007] Another object is to provide an attachment to a blower that directs airflow so as to blow a top dressing material of sand or other particles into aeration holes in a grass surface. [0008] Another object is to provide an attachment for a blower that may be adjusted in height so as to regulate the desired force of the airflow against the grass or artificial turf surface. [0009] Another object is to provide an attachment for a blower which may be releasably connected to the blower. [0010] Another object is to provide an attachment to a blower which connects to the outlet of the blower so as to allow for high velocity airflow. [0011] Another object is to provide an attachment to a blower that directs airflow from a generally circular inlet to a generally rectangular outlet wider or longer than the circular inlet. [0012] Another object is to provide an attachment to a blower that directs airflow across a wide swath of a grass or artificial turf surface. [0013] Another object is to provide an attachment to a blower that directs a large volume of airflow from the blower against a grass or artificial turf surface. [0014] Another object is to provide an attachment for a blower that is adapted to attach to and roll behind the blower. [0015] Another object is to provide an attachment to a blower that is adapted to brush a grass or artificial turf surface near the contact point of a directed airflow to the surface. [0016] Another object is to provide an attachment to a blower that may be used to fill aeration holes in a golf green in a way that does not unduly damage the golf green. [0017] These and other objects and advantages will become apparent from the foregoing and ongoing written specification, the drawings and the claims. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0018] FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the blower attachment connected to a conventional blower. [0019] FIG. 2 is a partial perspective and transparent view of the blower attachment shown in FIG. 1. Continue reading about Blower attachment... Full patent description for Blower attachment Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims Click on the above for other options relating to this Blower attachment patent application. ###  How KEYWORD MONITOR works... a FREE service from FreshPatents1. Sign up (takes 30 seconds). 2. Fill in the keywords to be monitored. 3. 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