Garden power tool
OwnerCletus H. Linkinventor
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Abstract
A hand held garden tool that utilizes rechargeable batteries and a variable speed, reversible motor as its power source. A drive shaft housing serves as a long handle member and contains a drive shaft. The drive shaft and its housing are connected to, and removable from the power unit. The drive shaft extends to a small, compact drive assembly which rotates a short shaft extending to each side. Each shaft holds two tine discs. The curved tines on the tine discs rotate closely around the perimeter of the drive assembly to speedily and thoroughly pulverize the soil and eliminate weeds.
Claims8
A lightweight, powered hand-held garden tool utilizing rechargeable batteries, comprising:
- an elongated handle having first, second and third portions;
- said first portion having a power assembly including a rechargeable battery means, a motor housing containing a variable speed, reversing motor means and a hand grip means inter -coupling said motor housing and said rechargeable battery means, said hand grip means containing a switch means for varying the speed and for reversing said motor means;
- said second portion having a drive assembly including drive shaft housing containing a drive shaft, said drive assembly of said second portion including means for attaching and detaching a first end thereof from said power assembly of said first portion;
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- said third portion having a tool assembly including a gear housing with a gear means engaging said drive assembly at a second end thereof, said tool assembly further including a rotating, wheel-shaped tool means mounted on a short shaft attached transverse to said drive shaft of said second portion by said gear means;
- whereby said rotating, wheel-shaped tool means mounted on said short shaft attached to said gear means is caused to rotate by said motor at a speed and direction determined by said switch means actuating said drive shaft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.