Combination blower, trimmer and edger for tending vegetation
AssigneeHEOW, Inc.
InventorsEdward Hurley, Drake Koch
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Abstract
A lawn care apparatus includes an impeller seated in a plenum connected to duct work for blowing, and a string trimmer head, both connected to a gasoline engine or an electric motor, either corded or battery operated, through a drive shaft for simultaneous rotation in the same direction. An adjustable handle allows the operator to move the handle into a variety of different positions that allow the operator to use the apparatus with the rotating string of the string trimmer rotating either a horizontal or vertical plane without changing his posture or position. The adjustable handle also allows adjustment of the handle so that the apparatus to be used by either right-handed or left-handed operator using the same posture.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a. an impeller connected to a drive shaft, said impeller being seated in a plenum connected to a drive shaft housing;
- b. a string trimmer head disposed below said plenum, with said string trimmer head connected to said drive shaft;
- c. means for simultaneously rotating said impeller and said string trimmer head by rotating said drive shaft.
An apparatus comprising:
- a. an impeller connected to a drive shaft, said impeller being seated in a plenum connected to a drive shaft housing in which said drive shaft is located;
- b. a string trimmer head disposed below said plenum, with said string trimmer head connected to said drive shaft;
- c. means for simultaneously rotating said impeller and said string trimmer head by rotating said drive shaft.
An apparatus comprising:
- a. an impeller connected to a drive shaft, said impeller being seated in a plenum connected to a drive shaft housing in which said drive shaft is located;
- b. a string trimmer head disposed below said plenum, with said string trimmer head connected to said drive shaft;
- c. means for simultaneously rotating said impeller and said string trimmer head by rotating said drive shaft;
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- d. a J-handle attached to said drive shaft housing and means for permitting axial rotational adjustment of the position of said J-handle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.