Lawn care maintenance apparatus
OwnerThomas J. Francisinventor
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Abstract
A mower drive wheel incorporating an edging plate including a number of different blade edge profiles for assisting in edging various types and thicknesses of grass or turf. The drive wheel can be reconfigured so that a one piece edging plate is replaced by a plurality of individually attachable blades. A modified walk behind powered mower is also disclosed and which integrates an adjustment mechanism for modifying a rotary turning speed of the edging drive wheel. A secondary drive wheel disconnect linkage is included and the main blade housing of the mower can also exhibit a widened profile to facilitate vacuum intake of the edging debris.
Claims20
An edging assembly incorporated into a self-propelled lawn mower, comprising:
- a wheel mounted to the mower in communication with a rotating power output thereof;
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- a peripheral projecting blade pattern supported upon an outer face of said wheel such that, upon positioning said blade pattern in contact with an edge overgrowth of turf, rotation of said wheel facilitates an edging operation.
The assembly as described 1, said blade pattern further comprising a plurality of arrow shaped portions.
A self-propelled lawn mower, comprising:
- a powered and wheel supported body incorporating a rotating lawn blade;
- a first selected wheel mounted to the mower in communication with a first rotating power output thereof;
- a peripheral projecting blade pattern supported upon an outer face of said first wheel;
- an adjustment mechanism for modifying a rotary turning speed of said first wheel and blade pattern;
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- a disconnect linkage incorporated into a second rotating power output associated with a second selected wheel for uncoupling an idler shaft powering said second wheel from a spline drive shaft so that, upon positioning said blade pattern of said first wheel in contact with an edge overgrowth of turf, rotation of said first wheel facilitating an edging operation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.