Rake Arrangement and a Rake for Leveling Sand on a Golf Course
AssigneeTalo Tuki Oy
InventorJukka Tuorila
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Abstract
The present disclosure sets out a rake arrangement configured to be attached to a separate shaft part. The rake arrangement includes a sleeve part and a rake part. The rake part includes a toothed rake side and a frame side at right angles to the toothed rake side. At the end of the sleeve part there is a hinge part by means of which the rake part can be pivoted relative to the sleeve part to the storage position and the raking position. The toothed rake side has a locking arrangement with an elevated locking shape. The hinge part has indentations into which the locking shape lodges when the rake part is rotated. The indentations are positioned to lock the rake part in the storage position and the raking position.
Claims15
A rake arrangement for leveling sand on a golf course, the rake arrangement comprising:
- a sleeve part comprising a first end and an other end, and configured for attaching the rake arrangement to a separate shaft part,
- a rake part comprising a toothed rake side having a plurality of rake teeth, the rake arrangement is configured to have a storage position and a raking position, and
- wherein when the rake part is attached to the shaft part, the rake part is configured to be movable so as to enable the rake part to be positioned parallel to the shaft part, the rake arrangement being in the storage position, and
- wherein the rake part is configured to be adjustable transversely to the shaft part, the rake arrangement being in the raking position, further comprising a frame side, the frame side being an elongated sheet-like structure having a first end of the frame side, run the second end, the front edge of the frame side and the rear edge of the frame side,
- wherein the toothed rake side is arranged at the front edge of the frame side such that the toothed rake side is at least partially at right angles to the frame side,
- wherein the sleeve part comprises a hinge part and is hinged to the frame side so that the sleeve part is pivotable relative to the rake part,
- wherein the rake arrangement further comprises a locking arrangement comprising an elongated strip having a first end and a second end such that the first end of the locking arrangement and the second end of the locking arrangement are attached to the toothed rake side so that the locking arrangement between the attachment points is at least partially detached from the toothed rake side surface, and the locking arrangement has a locking shape or areas with a distance from the toothed rake side surface greater than the distance of the areas adjacent to the locking shape of the locking arrangement from the toothed rake side surface, and
- wherein at least a part of the hinge surface curved, such that a curved surface part of the hinge surface comprises a first receiving indentation and a second receiving indentation, and
- wherein the locking shape is configured to settle into the receiving indentations when the sleeve part is rotated so that the rake part locks in place relative to the sleeve part, and
- wherein when the locking shape is in the first receiving indentation, the rake arrangement is in the storage position, and when the locking shape is in the second receiving indentation, the rake arrangement is in the raking position.
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