Rotary snow plow

Claim 1

IN A ROTARY SNOW PLOW THE COMBINATION COMPRISING, SNOW GATHERING MEANS INCLUDING A GROUND ENGAGING SNOW CONFRONTING THE BLADE MEANS AND ROTATABLY DRIVEN AUGER MEANS MOUNTED FORWARDLY ADJACENT SAID BLADE MEANS FOR FEEDING SNOW FROM OPPOSITE ENDS THEREOF LATERALLY THEREACROSS TO A CENTRAL ZONE THEREOF, SAID BLADE MEANS HAVING AN OPENING AT SAID CENTRAL ZONE; SNOW BLOWER MEANS MOUNTED OPPOSITE SIDE OPENING AND BEHIND SAID BLADE MEANS, SAID BLOWER MEANS COMPRISING A SUBSTANTIALLY CYLINDRICAL HOUSING, ROTATABLY DRIVEN IMPELLER MEANS MOUNTED COAXIALLY WITHIN SAID HOUSING AND FORMED WITH A CENTRAL GUIDE MEANS COMPRISING A CONE PROVIDING A CONICAL GUIDE SURFACE, THE APEX OF WHICH CONE IS ALIGNED COAXIALLY OF SAID HOUSING AND ADJACENT THE SAID OPENING IN SAID BLADE MEANS TO CONFRONT AND DIRECT SUBSTANTIALLY ALL SNOW ENTERING SAID HOUSING ALONG A GENERALLY CURVILINEAR PATH TO THE PERIPHERY OF SAID IMPELLER MEANS, AND PLANAR PADDLE MEANS MOUNTED ADJACENT SAID PERIPHERY FOR RECEIVING SNOW FROM SAID GUIDE MEANS AND ADAPTED TO DISCHARGE THE SAME TANGENTIALLY THROUGH A DISCHARGE OPENING FORMED IN SAID BLOWER HOUSING, THE PERIPHERY OF SAID IMPELLER MEANS TERMINATING RADIALLY INWARDLY OF THE INTERIOR WALLS OF SAID BLOWER HOUSING AND SAID PADDLE MEANS EXTENDING RADIALLY OUTWARDLY OF SAID PERIPHERY WITH THE EFFECTIVE SNOW ENGAGING AREA OF EACH PADDLE MEANS BEING LESS THAN THE SNOW RECEIVING AREA OF SAID DISCHARGE OPENING IN SAID BLOWER HOUSING TO SUBSTANTIALLY MINIMIZE RECIRCULATION OF SNOW WITHIN THE LATER.