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An excavating machine is provided having a cleaning member for cleaning spoil out of an earth cutting device having a digging wheel assembly. The digging wheel assembly has a rim structure and a series of circumferentially spaced peripherally extended bucket members, the rim structure and the bucket

An excavating machine is provided having a cleaning member for cleaning spoil out of an earth cutting device having a digging wheel assembly. The digging wheel assembly has a rim structure and a series of circumferentially spaced peripherally extended bucket members, the rim structure and the bucket members in combination having an interior profile. The cleaning member has a cleaning face corresponding substantially in size and shape to the interior profile of the rim structure and the bucket member in order to remove any spoil which has accumulated in the rim structure and the bucket member when the rim structure and the bucket member come into contact with the cleaning face of the cleaning member.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.] An excavating machine comprising:(A) a power unit;(B) a supporting frame assembly operably attached to said power unit;(C) a digging wheel assembly operably attached to said supporting frame assembly, said digging wheel assembly having a rim structure with at least one pe

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] An excavating machine comprising:(A) a power unit;(B) a supporting frame assembly operably attached to said power unit;(C) a digging wheel assembly operably attached to said supporting frame assembly, said digging wheel assembly having a rim structure with at least one peripherally extended bucket member, said rim structure and said bucket member in combination having an interior profile; and(D) a cleaning member operably attached to said supporting frame assembly, said cleaning member having a cleaning face corresponding substantially in size and shape to said interior profile of said rim structure and said bucket member, said cleaning face located in a position to fit within said interior profile of said rim structure and said bucket member, said cleaning face having an exterior edge surrounded by said interior profile and shaped to contact substantially all of said interior profile in order to remove any spoil which has accumulated in said rim structure and said bucket member when said rim structure and said bucket member come into contact with said exterior edge of said cleaning face.