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US 5,842,651 AGranted
Vegetation shredder and method of using same
OwnerEd Smothersinventor
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Abstract
A vegetation shredder includes an elongated shaft to which a Frisbee-like disk element is attached downwardly facing and extending over a fastening collar to which elongated shredding tie elements are fastened around the periphery. The disk includes a downwardly extending peripheral rim which assists in creating a vacuum chamber between the disk and the shredding elements into which leaves are drawn.
Claims10
A hand-held leaf-like vegetation shredder comprising,
- an elongated shaft having upper and lower ends, said upper end adapted to engage a power means for rotating said shaft, said lower end being a free end allowing said shredder to be freely moved about in a container containing vegetation,
- a disk mounted on said shaft intermediate said upper and lower ends,
- a fastening means mounted on said shaft between said lower end and said disk and spaced downwardly from said disk, and
- a plurality of elongated elements connected to said fastening means around its periphery in spaced apart relationship whereby said elongated elements when rotated and their spacing from said disk create a vacuum chamber therebetween for drawing vegetation therein.
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A method of shredding leaf-like vegetation comprising the steps of,
- providing a container having an open upper end and containing leaf-like vegetation,
- providing a hand-held shredder comprising, a shaft having an upper end and lower free end, a power means for rotating said shaft connected to said upper end, a fastening means connected to said lower end and having a plurality of elongated elements connected thereto along its periphery in spaced apart relationship, a disk mounted on said shaft for rotation therewith above and in spaced relationship to said elongated elements with said disk being of such a size that it substantially extends over said elongated elements, and
- operating said power means to rotate said shredder and reciprocating said shredder longitudinally of said container in said leafy vegetation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.