Sprinkler head cleaning device
OwnerRene Aragon Chaconinventor
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Abstract
A powered device is disclosed herein for removing soil, weeds or the like from the immediate area beneath a sprinkler head which includes a central shaft having a forward end engageable with the sprinkler head as a guide and a U-shaped member fixed on the shaft so as to rotate therewith. Each leg of the U-shaped member extends downwardly to clear the peripherial edge of the circular sprinkler head. A cutting blade is angularly secured to each end or leg of the U-shaped member so that a forward portion thereof extends underneath the sprinkler head and so that a rearward portion extends outwardly in a diverging relationship to the sprinkler head. Power drive is releasably coupled to the shaft for rotation of the cutting blades about the sprinkler head.
Claims5
In combination with a water sprinkler head having a circular flange supported on a water supply pipe, a cleaning device comprising:
- a shaft;
- a U-shaped member secured to said shaft mid-way between the opposite ends of said shaft and having a pair of parallel legs downwardly depending from the opposite ends of a cross bar and said legs terminating below the underside of said flange;
- a pair of cutting blades secured to the respective terminating ends of said U-shaped member legs in an angularly upwardly diverging direction;
- stabilizing means for supporting and aligning said cutting blades with respect to said flange whereby said blades travel in a circular path above and beneath said flange;
- each of said cutting blades having a lower portion extending angularly downward with respect to said water supply pipe under said circular flange and having an upper portion extending upwardly in coextensive relationship with said lower portion;
- said cutting blades having opposing ends terminating in close proximity to the external surface of said water supply pipe;
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- power means detachably coupled to a selected end of said shaft for imparting powered rotational force thereto.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.