Harvesters – Motorized harvester – Having motor on ground-supported carrier
Patent
1998-05-18
2000-09-26
Will, Thomas B.
Harvesters
Motorized harvester
Having motor on ground-supported carrier
5640016, 564004, 56DIG9, 56DIG21, A01D 700, A01D 4202
Patent
active
061229040
ABSTRACT:
The combination comprises a non-riding, power lawnmower having a housing mounted on fourwheels and a front mounted rake attachment for attachment to one of the opposite side walls of the housing for sweeping, scraping and thatching the area in the forward path of movement of the power lawnmower. The rake attachment comprises a generally U-shaped frame member having a bight portion and two leg portions each having a free distal end that extends rearwardly for attachment to one of the opposite side walls of the housing and first and second clamps mounted at each free distal end of each leg portion and each clamp including a U-shaped bracket which is wide enough to extend about one of the opposite side walls and which comprises a bottom plate, an elongate outer plate forming one leg of the bracket and a shorter inner plate forming the other leg of the bracket both inner and outer plates a bottom plate and extending upwardly about the housing and releasably fixed thereto with three hand manipulatable screws. The rake attachment further comprises two rake heads with each rake head comprising a cylindrical base portion and a plurality of the tines which extend from the base portion in a fanned out configuration and then extend downwardly for engaging the ground, and urging structure including a cross-bar which extends across and beneath and is attached to the leg portions of the frame member and above the tines of each rake head for urging the rake heads downwardly.
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Petravick Meredith C.
Vigil Thomas R.
Will Thomas B.
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