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US 5,309,701 AGranted
Lawn mower and edger carriage
OwnerFrank J. McGuertyinventor
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Abstract
A conventional four wheeled lawn motor carriage having a vertically mounted electric motor with flexible cutting, lines attached to the bottom end of the motor axial drive shaft. A Hand lever is attached to the electric motor enabling the electric motor to rotate from a vertical position to a transverse horizontal position wherein the flexible cutting lines rotate in a vertical plane parallel to and outside of the carriage.
Claims1
A wheeled lawn mower having an electric motor, powered by a storage battery, with rotating flexible cutting lines affixed thereto wherein the improvements comprise:
- (a), a substantially rectangular lawn mower carriage supported by four wheels;
- (b), a cross bar arranged between two of said wheels and having a handle bar assembly extending rearwardly and upwardly therefrom;
- (c), a motor support structure having a horizontal pivot axis centrally located on said carriage;
- (d), said motor support structure pivotally supporting a motor thereon, said motor being rotatable about said horizontal pivot axis from a vertical position to a transverse horizontal position;
- (e), said motor having an axial power shaft extending away from said motor and terminating at an end remote from the motor;
- (f), a flexible line attachment fixture on said end;
- and,
- (g), a hand lever, mounted on said motor parallel to said axial power shaft, extending in a direction opposite from said end of said power shaft, said hand lever being operable to rotate said motor from said vertical position to said transverse horizontal position.
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