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US 2013/0139391 A1Published application
Pole pruner
AssigneeCi, LLC
InventorWilliam J. Nelson, II
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Abstract
A cutting tool for cutting vegetation including a rotary cutting bit adapted to be advanced through the vegetation in a direction perpendicular to a rotational axis of the bit. The rotary cutting bit can be supported by two bit supports spaced apart axially. The tool can include an extension pole which allows the rotary tool to be mounted adjacent a distal end of the pole. In this way high branches and the like can be cut.
Claims18
A cutting tool for cutting vegetation comprising:
- an elongate pole member having a first end for supporting an associated rotary cutting bit and a second end opposite the first end for grasping by an operator during use;
- a rotary cutting device supported at the first end of the elongate member, the rotary cutting device including a rotational drive member for spinning the associated rotary cutting bit, and first and second spaced apart bit supports for supporting the associated rotary cutting bit for rotation at spaced apart locations along its longitudinal axis;
- wherein the cutting tool is configured for cutting vegetation with the associated rotary cutting bit between the first and second spaced apart bit supports while being manipulated by an operator grasping the elongate pole member.
A cutting attachment for use with an associated rotary tool, the cutting attachment comprising:
- a rotary cutting bit support member attachable to a housing of the associated rotary tool, the rotary cutting bit support member including at least one bit support for supporting an associated rotary cutting bit for rotation at a spaced apart location from the housing of the associated rotary cutting tool, whereby an associated rotary cutting bit can be supported at a first end by the associated rotary cutting tool and at a second end by the at least one bit support.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.