Hedge trimmer
OwnerStephen R. Kolbertinventor
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Abstract
A hedge trimmer of this invention is very lightweight and efficient. It has a very large clipping collection bag that has a capacity much larger than any known user-worn device of this type. The blades and guard are designed to pull and maintain the clippings in the system.
Claims12
A portable hedge trimmer comprising in combination a source of power, a conical hood which houses a rotary and a cutting blade assembly, an exit opening in a top roof section of said hood which opens into a collection vessel, an attachment means connected to said collection vessel having means for connection to a user, and a handle means connected to said hood, said handle means having at least two hand gripping portions, said collection vessel supported by the user and having means to provide an enlarged collection capacity, and wherein said conical hood has a lower open section, said lower open section containing an overlapping ridge around the entire circumference of said lower open section, said overlapping ridge being tapered upwardly toward said rotary.
A portable hedge trimmer having in combination a handle means, a conical hood, a source of power, a cutting blade assembly comprising a rotary and cutting blades, and a user wearable collection vessel, said conical hood housing said cutting blade assembly and having a roof and a lower open section, said handle means connected to said hood and having at least two hand gripping portions, said roof having an enlarged exit opening in contact with said collection vessel, said exit opening providing means for debris to pass from said conical hood to said collection vessel, and wherein said lower open section containing an overlapping ridge around the entire circumference of said lower open section, said overlapping ridge being tapered upwardly toward said rotary.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.