{"id":518,"date":"2014-02-05T23:26:36","date_gmt":"2014-02-05T23:26:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/?p=518"},"modified":"2016-12-02T14:01:35","modified_gmt":"2016-12-02T20:01:35","slug":"a-look-at-snow-removal-equipment-new-and-old","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/a-look-at-snow-removal-equipment-new-and-old\/","title":{"rendered":"A Look at Snow Removal Equipment New and Old"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">With all the snow we have been seeing this winter, there has been many different snow removal equipment in use including shovels, snow blowers, and plows.\u00a0 This equipment\u00a0used today has\u00a0seen a lot of changes over the years.\u00a0 For example, back in the 1920s, the University of Iowa used horse drawn snow plows as seen in the picture below.\u00a0 (1)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/files\/2014\/02\/ea0543a_Frontjpg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-521 aligncenter\" alt=\" \tHorses pulling a snow plow in front of Armory\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/files\/2014\/02\/ea0543a_Frontjpg.jpg\" width=\"494\" height=\"327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/files\/2014\/02\/ea0543a_Frontjpg.jpg 494w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/files\/2014\/02\/ea0543a_Frontjpg-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 494px) 100vw, 494px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The first motorized\u00a0snow plow was seen as early as 1913.(2)\u00a0 By 1944,\u00a0motorized snow\u00a0plows\u00a0were being used more and more as well as improvements to the machines such\u00a0as the additions of rotating forks and snow blowers as\u00a0seen in the\u00a0picture below. (3)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/files\/2014\/02\/rotating-forks-snow-plow.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-524 aligncenter\" alt=\"Rotating Forks on Snow Plow\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/files\/2014\/02\/rotating-forks-snow-plow.jpg\" width=\"571\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/files\/2014\/02\/rotating-forks-snow-plow.jpg 1006w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/files\/2014\/02\/rotating-forks-snow-plow-300x192.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 571px) 100vw, 571px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Today, there are patents for some\u00a0facinating\u00a0snow removal\u00a0inventions including the following patent for snow melting heater mats.\u00a0(4)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/files\/2014\/02\/snow-melting-heater-mats.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-526 aligncenter\" alt=\"snow melting heater mats\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/files\/2014\/02\/snow-melting-heater-mats.jpg\" width=\"589\" height=\"569\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/files\/2014\/02\/snow-melting-heater-mats.jpg 982w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/files\/2014\/02\/snow-melting-heater-mats-300x289.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/files\/2014\/02\/snow-melting-heater-mats-36x36.jpg 36w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 589px) 100vw, 589px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Want to\u00a0learn more?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Search for patents related to snow removal, snow plows, etc. at <a href=\"http:\/\/patentscope.wipo.int\/search\/en\/search.jsf\">PatentScope<\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Check out the following books:<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Dor\u00e9, Guy. <em><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Link\" src=\"http:\/\/infohawk.uiowa.edu:80\/exlibris\/aleph\/u21_1\/alephe\/www_f_eng\/icon\/spacer.gif\" border=\"0\" \/>Cold regions pavement engineering.<\/em> Reston, VA :\u00a0ASCE Press ;\u00a0New York :\u00a0McGraw-Hill,\u00a02009.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/infohawk.uiowa.edu\/F\/?func=find-b&amp;find_code=SYS&amp;local_base=UIOWA&amp;request=005120575\">http:\/\/infohawk.uiowa.edu\/F\/?func=find-b&amp;find_code=SYS&amp;local_base=UIOWA&amp;request=005120575<\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>Nixon, Wilfrid A.\u00a0 <em>Living snow fences.<\/em>\u00a0 Iowa City, Iowa :\u00a0IIHR Hydroscience and Engineering, University of Iowa,\u00a02006.\u00a0 TR- 460. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iowadot.gov\/research\/reports\/Year\/2006\/fullreports\/tr460.pdf\">http:\/\/www.iowadot.gov\/research\/reports\/Year\/2006\/fullreports\/tr460.pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Nixon, Wilfrid A. <em>Optimal usage of de-icing chemicals when scraping ice<\/em>.\u00a0 Iowa City, Iowa : IIHR Hydroscience and Engineering, University of Iowa, 2003. <a href=\"http:\/\/trid.trb.org\/view.aspx?type=MO&amp;id=750915\" target=\"new\">http:\/\/trid.trb.org\/view.aspx?type=MO&amp;id=750915<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Look for more\u00a0on the <a href=\"http:\/\/infohawk.uiowa.edu\/F?func=file&amp;file_name=find-b&amp;local_base=uiowa\">Library InfoHawk Catalog<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Search relevant articles on <a href=\"http:\/\/purl.lib.uiowa.edu\/ei\/village\">Compendex<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>References:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><em>Horses Pulling a Snow Plow in Front of Armory, The University of Iowa, 1920s.<\/em> The University of Iowa Libraries Digital Library. <a href=\"http:\/\/digital.lib.uiowa.edu\/cdm\/ref\/collection\/ictcs\/id\/3385\">http:\/\/digital.lib.uiowa.edu\/cdm\/ref\/collection\/ictcs\/id\/3385<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>Snow Removal<\/em>. National Snow &amp; Ice Data Center. <a href=\"http:\/\/nsidc.org\/cryosphere\/snow\/removal.html\">http:\/\/nsidc.org\/cryosphere\/snow\/removal.html<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Hunt, Hal W. <em>Winning the Battle with Snow.\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0Scientific American. Jan 1944: 19-21. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/proxy.lib.uiowa.edu\/login?url=http:\/\/www.nature.com\/scientificamerican\/journal\/v170\/n1\/pdf\/scientificamerican0144-19.pdf\">http:\/\/proxy.lib.uiowa.edu\/login?url=http:\/\/www.nature.com\/scientificamerican\/journal\/v170\/n1\/pdf\/scientificamerican0144-19.pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Bayless, Ronald E. and James M. 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