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US 5,957,214 AGranted
Flywheel for a vertical drive shaft lawn edger
AssigneeMTD Products Inc
InventorDavid M. Martinez
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Abstract
A vertical drive shaft lawn edger is disclosed having a non-integral flywheel with the edger engine. This allows for the interchangeability of different flywheels for the same engine or different engines. The flywheel disclosed is preferably a combination flywheel/drive pulley. The flywheel/drive pulley is mounted directly to the drive shaft of the engine. The drive pulley is mounted to the top side or bottom side of the flywheel. Preferably, the flywheel/drive pulley in an integral piece.
Claims6
A lawn edger, comprising:
- an engine with a vertical drive shaft;
- a flywheel removable and mountable to said vertical drive shaft of said engine;
- a drive pulley mounted to said vertical drive shaft of said engine;
- a driven pulley, said driven pulley driven by said drive pulley;
- a V-belt extending around said driven pulley and said drive pulley;
- a frame having a front portion and a center hole, said center hole accepting said engine;
- an edging means mounted to said front portion of said frame, said edging means having a blade, said blade having a horizontal rotational axis;
- and,
- wherein said flywheel and drive pulley are an integral piece.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.