Earth working – Lawn edger – With or convertible to non-earth working implement
Patent
1995-04-17
1997-07-29
Melius, Terry Lee
Earth working
Lawn edger
With or convertible to non-earth working implement
172 15, 30276, A01B 3300
Patent
active
056514182
ABSTRACT:
A garden cleaning implement (10/10A) for weeds and the like comprising a cutting mechanism (14) and an adjustable guard mechanism (28) carried on, for example, an extended pole handle (22/122). The cutting mechanism includes an associated spool line shroud (16); an intermediate, rotatable shaft (18); and a rotatable, blade, cutting member (20/120/220). The guard mechanism includes a ring-shaped guard providing a protected area of a size sufficient to cover and protectively encircle over the rotating blade member; and slotted, attachment legs (32) for adjustably attaching the cutting mechanism and handle to the ring guard structure. The relatively rigid, cutting blade member is located under the adjustable, protective guard ring, allowing for protective cutting of, for example, weeds immediately adjacent to, for example, desirable vegetation. The implement is easily and quickly converted for cutting use, not only with a relatively rigid cutting blade member but also with supplemental, flexible cutting line(s), for trimming the undesirable vegetation, as well as easily and quickly converted between a straight, angled, handle version (FIGS. 5 & 6) to a bent handle version (FIGS. 5A & 6A, respectively) using the appropriately adaptable, mechanical connection or slotted legs between the cutting mechanism and the guard ring. The cutter blade member, ring guard structure and the mechanical interconnector (40) can be provided as a kit to convert a pre-existing "flexible cutting line mower" implement to a cutter/macerator-cultivator implement with supplemental line trimming.
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Batson Victor
Melius Terry Lee
Pugh C. Emmett
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