Sod cutter
OwnerDonald E. Hallmaninventor
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Abstract
A sod cutter having an annular body with a tapered, sharpened annular cutting edge, a support sleeve and a shaft journaled in the sleeve and projecting into the annular body. The shaft has a external handle thereon and the shaft is movable relative to the sleeve and the annular body longitudinally and rotatably. The shaft carries a cutting blade thereon to cut the turf in a spiral manner as the shaft is extended into the annular body with the cutting edge of the annular body defining the periphery of the turf plug to be removed and the blade cutting and retaining the plug within the annular body.
Claims8
The sod cutter comprising, an annular plate member having a cutting surface at one edge thereof, the elongated sleeve means mounted on the other edge of the elongated plate member, a shaft positioned through the sleeve means and journaled therein, a handle at one end of said shaft, a cutting blade positioned at the other end of said shaft and extending normal thereto with the blade surface being positioned at an angle to the axis of the shaft, and means for limiting relative movement of the shaft relative to the sleeve means along the axis concentric with the shaft and the sleeve means, said limiting means being included in part in the shaft and in part in the sleeve means, said annular plate being adapted to encircle and sever a peripheral cut of a sod plug upon depression of the plate into the sod and said shaft with the blade thereon being adapted to cut a spiral layer of sod within the annular plate and retain the sod in the annular plate as it is withdrawn.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.