Digging and backfill apparatus

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9399853
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14200532

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A mobile digging and backfill system for removing and collecting material above a buried utility. The system comprises a mobile chassis, a collection tank mounted to the chassis, a water pump mounted to the chassis for delivering a pressurized liquid flow against the material for loosening the material at a location, a vacuum pump connected to the collection tank so that an air stream created by the vacuum pump draws the material and the fluid from the location into the collection tank, and at least one backfill reservoir mounted to the chassis for carrying backfill for placement at the location.

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VERMEER MANUFACTURING COMPANY1210 VERMEER ROAD EAST PELLA IA 50219

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Gilman, John William Greer, US 10 306
Maybury, Charles Robert Shippensburg, US 6 94

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