Abstract: A portable tool for straightening the mower deck of a lawn mower, the tool includes an elongated handle and a pair of circular plates between which the mower deck body metal is fixedly held which creates a fulcrum about which the handle or lever is pivoted, and thereby allows user to straighten the mower deck body.

Abstract: A portable tool for straightening the mower deck of a lawn mower, the tool includes an elongated handle and a pair of circular plates between which the mower deck body metal is fixedly held which creates a fulcrum about which the handle or lever is pivoted, and thereby allows user to straighten the mower deck body.

Abstract: A low cost, easy to install underpinning apparatus (14) for supporting below-grade structural footings such as foundations (10) or the like is provided which makes use of a power installed, load-bearing helix-type screw anchor (16) together with a connecting bracket assembly (b 19) secured to the foundation (10). The anchor (16) is screwed into the earth below the foundation (10), leaving the upright end of the anchor shaft (20) adjacent the foundation (10). The bracket assembly (18) advantageously includes a foundation-engaging plate (28) with a pair of spaced, outwardly extending wall portion (30, 32) rigidly secured thereto. An elongated, U-shaped bracket (36) together with a mating retainer (42) are releasably secured to the wall portions (30, 32) and serve to captively retain the upper end of the anchor shaft (20), with the U-bracket (36) having a top crosspiece wall (38) provided with a threaded opening (40) therethrough.

Abstract: A low cost, easy to install underpinning apparatus (14) for supporting below-grade structural footings such as foundations (10) or the like is provided which makes use of a power installed, load-bearing helix-type screw anchor (16) together with a connecting bracket assembly (19) secured to the foundation (10). The anchor (16) is screwed into the earth below the foundation (10), leaving the upright end of the anchor shaft (20) adjacent the foundation (10). The bracket assembly (18) advantageously includes a foundation-engaging plate (28) with a pair of spaced, outwardly extending wall portions (30, 32) rigidly secured thereto. An elongated, U-shaped bracket (36) together with a mating retainer (42) are releasably secured to the wall portions (30, 32) and serve to captively retain the upper end of the anchor shaft (20), with the U-bracket (36) having a top crosspiece wall (38) provided with a threaded opening (40) therethrough.

Abstract: A low-cost easy to install underpinning apparatus (14) for supporting below-grade structural footings such as foundations (10) or the like is provided which makes use of a power installed, load-bearing helix-type screw anchor (16) together with a connecting bracket assembly (18) secured to the foundation (10). The anchor (16) is screwed into the earth below the foundation (10), leaving the upright end of the anchor shaft (20) adjacent the foundation (10). The bracket assembly (18) advantageously includes a foundation-engaging plate (28) with a pair of spaced, outwardly extending wall portions (30, 32) rigidly secured thereto. An elongated, U-shaped bracket (36) together with a mating retainer (42) are releasably secured to the wall portions (30, 32) and serve to captively retain the upper end of the anchor shaft (20), with the U-bracket (36) having a top crosspiece wall (38) provided with a threaded opening (40) therethrough.

Abstract: An earth anchor apparatus adapted to be driven by a source of rotational driving force into unbroken soil includes a longitudinally extending hub having first and second axial ends. A recess is provided in one axial end of the hub by which the anchor may be driven, and a radially extending, load-bearing element is affixed to the hub between the axial ends. An earth engaging lead tip extends axially from the second end of the hub and includes a first cutting edge extending in a direction generally transverse to the longitudinal axis of the hub and arranged to cut into and break soil encountered thereby, a front surface extending between the hub and the first cutting edge, and a second cutting edge extending between the first cutting edge and the leading edge of the load bearing element. The second cutting edge is adapted to both cut soil and guide it from the first cutting edge toward the load-bearing element along the front surface so that as soil is cut it is moved away from the unbroken soil.

Abstract: A mounting assembly for supporting electrical apparatus such as transformers and the like on a utility pole includes spaced, equipment supporting brackets that are interconnected and secured to the pole by means of elongated, toothed plates. End regions of each plate extend through corresponding apertures in the brackets, and during assembly the end regions are shifted laterally and toward a narrowed portion of the aperture until a marginal edge section of the bracket next to the aperture enters a notch between adjacent teeth of the plate. The width of the narrowed aperture portion, being smaller than the overall width of the end regions of the plate except for the notches of the plate between adjacent teeth, prevents unintentional withdrawal of the plates from the brackets. A retaining spring, fixed to the bracket adjacent each aperture, ensures that the end region thereafter remains in place in the narrowed aperture portion in order to facilitate handling of the mounting assembly during installation.

Abstract: An improved, spring-biased take-up clamp assembly for elongated tie-down elements such as cables, ropes or mobile home tie-down straps is provided which permits simplified, infinitely adjustable take-up and tightening of the tie-down element with secure locking at any desired position and without the use of conventional turnbuckles or other devices using interference-fit structure for spindle-retaining purposes. In preferred forms the assembly includes a rotatable take-up mandrel or spindle for a tie-down element, an apertured mounting plate fixed to the upper end of an embedded earth anchor, and a motion-checking snubber spring operatively coupled between the strap spindle and mounting plate for holding the strap against loosening under tension loads while at the same time permitting relatively easy, one-man tightening thereof as desired.