A gutter shield device comprising a first body portion and a second body portion laterally bordering an intermediate body portion that includes a perforated plane out of which arises upward protruding elements that contact the undersurface of a micro-mesh or screen filter comprised of eighty or more threads per inch. The residue handling device includes a chopper which chops and impels the chopped residue rearwardly through a discharge duct. This keeps the rate of operation of production lines high, so that useless increase in cost for equipments can be prevented.