Abstract: A cleaning device including a rake member, a body connected to the rake member and having an opening adjacent the rake member and an interior volume, and a gate affixed within the body so as to allow material to pass from the rake member into the interior volume while preventing movement of the material from the interior volume toward the rake member. The body includes a door affixed to an end of the body opposite the rake member so as to allow access to the interior volume. A first handle is affixed to a surface of the body and a second handle is affixed to the surface of the body between the first handle and the rake member. The body includes a throat section and a storage section connected to the throat section. The throat section and the storage sections share the interior volume. The gate includes a first gate which is affixed within the throat section of the body adjacent the rake member and a second gate affixed within the storage throat section adjacent the throat section.

Abstract: A banding device for horse hair having a first tubular member with a first end and an inner diameter for receiving horse hair therethrough, a second tubular member slidably positioned on an outer surface of the first tubular member, and an elastic band extending around an outer surface of the first tubular member between the end of the first tubular member and an end of the second tubular member. The second tubular member is slidable such that an end of the second tubular member extends to an end of the first tubular member. The second tubular member has an inner surface in frictional contact with an outer surface of the first tubular member. A hook member is removably received within the inner diameter of the first tubular member and has a hook for engaging horse hair. A plurality of elastic bands extend around the second tubular member. The second tubular member has an annular surface at an end opposite the first end and extends outwardly radially from the outer surface of the second tubular member.

Abstract: A horse hair banding comb having a comb member with a plurality of teeth and a plurality of receptacles formed therein and a looking member removably affixed to the comb member. The looking member extends over the teeth. The looking member has an edge positioned in proximity to the receptacle area. The receptacle areas allow horse hair to pass therethrough. The comb member is made up of a body, a first tooth having a V-shaped configuration and extending downwardly from the body, a second tooth having a V-shaped configuration and extending downwardly from the body, and a first receptacle area formed in the body between the first and second teeth. The locking member includes a first bar and a second bar in generally parallel spaced relationship. The comb member is positioned within this spaced area between the first and second bars.