(57) The invention relates to a device for picking up material lying on the ground, such
as for example dog excrements, said device being provided with a carrying member (1)
and with scoop means (12), which are pivotable in such a manner that free ends of
said scoop means are movable towards and away from each other. The scoop means (12)
are comprised of plate-shaped strips (12), which, at their ends remote from their
free ends, are coupled to a common carrying member (8) so as to be pivotable about
pivots (10), said pivots (10) at least substantially being located on a circumferential
closed line. Means are provided by which said plate-shaped strips (12) are pivotable
about said pivots (10), from a first position, in which strips (12) arranged in side
by side relationship overlap, forming some sort of cup-shaped means, whose largest
diameter is located near the pivots (10), whilst the free ends bound a narrow opening
in said cup-shaped means, into a second position, whilst moving the free ends of said
plate-shaped strips (12) in a direction away from each other.
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