Including Cutter Yieldably Mounted On Its Drive Means Patents (Class 56/12.7)
  • Patent number: 11703868
    Abstract: A control device capable of improving the position accuracy of map data is disclosed. The control device is configured to acquire information which is output from a working machine which includes a working part and works along a boundary between a working area and a non-working area. The control device includes an operating state acquisition part configured to acquire information indicating an operating state of a machine body of the working machine; a judgment part configured to determine the operating state of the machine body, based on information acquired by the operating state acquisition part; a position information acquisition part configured to acquire position information indicating a position of the machine body; and a storage control part configured to store the position information acquired by the position information acquisition part in the storage, based on a determination result of the judgment part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroto Takahashi, Toshiaki Kawakami, Taro Yokoyama, Wei Song, Takuya Kanisawa
  • Patent number: 11464162
    Abstract: A reversible line blade for a rotating trimmer includes a loading section configured to be securable for rotation with a head of the rotating trimmer, a living hinge extending from the loading section, and a transition section extending from the living hinge and having a first cross-sectional shape with matching leading edge and trailing edge geometries. A cutting segment extends from the transition section and has a second cross-sectional shape that is different from the first cross-sectional shape. With matching lead edge and trailing edge geometries, the same line blade is functional for both clockwise trimmers and counter-clockwise trimmers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Aero-Flex Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Vincent D. Morabit
  • Patent number: 11388856
    Abstract: A rotary head assembly apparatus, and a cutting blade for use on trimmer rotary head assemblies are disclosed. The rotary head assembly apparatus is configured to easily replace cutting members necessary to cut unwanted plants. The cutting blade is for use on trimmer rotary head assemblies configured to cut unwanted vegetation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Inventor: Orlando Jerez
  • Patent number: 11350567
    Abstract: A string trimmer attachment apparatus and method for easy attachment to a lawn mower deck, without requiring the use of tools for attachment, by having an adjustable trimmer mounting platform which securely attaches to the lawn mower. A string-type powered trimmer motor on the bottom side of the adjustable trimmer mounting platform cuts the grass. An operating control located on the lawn mower controls the string-type powered trimmer motor. A pair of L brackets allow the adjustable trimmer mounting platform to firmly attach to the lawn mower without the need for a separate trimmer/edger appliance. No tools or lawn mower modifications are required to attach the adjustable trimmer mounting platform to the mower deck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Inventor: Frederick Kent Hixson
  • Patent number: 11234364
    Abstract: An anti-scalp attachment for a weed and grass trimmer preferably includes a tube clamp, a height adjustment tube, an elbow member and a ground support member. The tube clamp preferably includes a two piece tube clamp and a pivot member. The pivot member is preferably secured to a bottom of a first clamp member. The height adjustment tube is retained in the pivot member. The elbow member includes a horizontal leg and a vertical leg. The horizontal and vertical legs include a plurality of adjustment holes. The ground support member preferably includes a ground tube, a contact support member and a tapping projection. The contact support member is attached to a bottom of the ground tube at one end. The tapping projection preferably extends upward from a top of the ground tube. A horizontal adjustment hole is formed in an opposing end of the ground tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Inventor: Brian Welch
  • Patent number: 10905048
    Abstract: A self-adjustable feeder for a sugarcane harvesting device having two vertical feeding rollers rotating in opposite directions, aligned side by side and horizontally moving, kept under traction one against the other by at least one actuator. The upper edges of both feeding rollers, besides being coupled to hydraulic engines rotating in opposite directions, are also hinged to a rear opening and closing structure, with a guiding system to change the distance between the vertical centers of the feeding rollers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: INDÚSTRIAS REUNIDAS COLOMBO LTDA
    Inventor: Luiz Henrique Bertino
  • Patent number: 10849270
    Abstract: A lawn care device may include a cutting deck housing at least one blade, a rotatable shaft, and a blade coupler operably coupled to the rotatable shaft. The blade coupler may define a blade channel configured to at least partially enclose four sides of a blade inserted therein. The blade coupler may include a support base and a sleeve that is movable relative to the support base based on a compression state of a biasing element. The blade may be insertable into the blade channel by orienting the blade to apply a force to sidewalls of the sleeve to shift the biasing element to a compressed state and rotating the blade proximate to the support base to enable the biasing element to shift to an extended state in which sidewalls of the sleeve define sidewalls of the blade channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: HUSQVARNA AB
    Inventors: Jörgen Johansson, Eric Lennings
  • Patent number: 10827684
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a harvester and a wrapping system for bales of material, often for the baling of agricultural crop. The harvester and wrapping system comprise a first and a second subframe, a panel, and a wrapping assembly that is capable of moving from an internal position to an external position relative to the harvester. The present disclosure relates to a harvester and a wrapping system that facilitates maintenance of the wrapping assembly and the loading and unloading of wrapping material while the wrapping assembly is in the external position relative to the harvester.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Inventor: Martin J. Roberge
  • Patent number: 10791669
    Abstract: Accessory attachments systems for use with turf vehicles are described and illustrated. Such systems permit outdoor maintenance tools to be secured and transported by the vehicle, e.g., in locations conveniently accessible by an operator of the vehicle without leaving the operator platform (e.g., seat), and removed from the vehicle when desired. In some embodiments, the system includes one or more connectors each having: a mounting portion adapted to be removably secured to a panel attached to the vehicle; and a tool holding portion adapted to receive and hold an outdoor maintenance tool. The mounting portion of each connector may attach to any one of a plurality of receivers formed on panels secured to various locations on the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: THE TORO COMPANY
    Inventors: Philip C. Dretzka, Jeffrey W. Stern, Steven R. Porter, C. Mark Atterbury, Kenneth L. McConnell, Curtis E. Wersal
  • Patent number: 10694663
    Abstract: A rotatingly drivable filament cutting head for a trimmer, having a basic body on which a cutting filament is held. The cutting filament extends from outside the basic body through an opening into an interior region of the filament cutting head open to the surrounding area. A stop is arranged on the filament cutting head, so that, in a first position of the cutting filament, the stop delimits a filament portion of the cutting filament, which is insertable into the interior region, to an insertion length. A deflection element is arranged in the interior region so that the cutting filament can be switched from its first position, without the cutting filament being longitudinally displaced, into a second position. The cutting filament abuts against the deflection element in its second position and the stop does not delimit the length of the filament portion which is insertable into the interior region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: ANDREAS STIHL AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Sven Lang, David Günther
  • Patent number: 10517211
    Abstract: A robotic work tool system may include a robotic work tool. The robotic work tool may include a stationary hub and a rotatable shaft being supported by the hub. Also, a hub cover is releasably attached to the hub. The robotic work tool further includes a skid plate extending radially outwards from the hub cover and the skid plate is arranged between the hub and the hub cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: HUSQVARNA AB
    Inventors: Magnus Öhrlund, Mats Svensson
  • Patent number: 10480231
    Abstract: A garage door assembly includes a torsion spring counterbalance apparatus mounted on a header wall above a garage door, the apparatus comprising at least one spring wound on a shaft, and a safety device. The safety device includes a capture device mounted on the header wall above the garage door, and a shackle attached by way of a pin to a clamp device attached to the torsion spring counterbalance shaft at a location proximate to the capture device on the header wall, wherein the shackle rotates with the torsion spring counterbalance shaft. The shackle is capable of extending away from the shaft under centrifugal force to engage the capture device and thereby stop the garage door from further free-falling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Buena Vista Investments Ltd.
    Inventor: Benjamin C. Giese
  • Patent number: 10440883
    Abstract: A mower with a cutter bar including an elongated hollow casing, at least one bearing block mounted at the level of an orifice of the upper wall of the casing, at least one disk integral with a support shaft mounted in the bearing block, at least one cutter fixed with the ability to rotate freely on the disk, wherein each bearing block is made integral with the casing by at least one fastener assembly composed of at least two fastening elements assembled mutually by screwing. The mower wherein, for each fastener assembly, at least part of the zone or zones of engagement of the respectively female-threaded and male-threaded parts of the fastening elements is situated between the respective mutually opposite bracing surfaces of the fastening elements. Thus the fastening elements are less protruding and their connection zones are not subjected to the aggressions of the outside environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: KUHN S.A.
    Inventors: Joel Wilhelm, Michel Wolff, Bernard Wattron
  • Patent number: 10306832
    Abstract: Apparatuses associated with cutting elements are disclosed herein. In embodiments, a blade pin may include a head and a main body. The main body may extend from the head of the blade pin, and may include a cavity. The main body may further include a first aperture, wherein the first aperture is connected to the cavity. The main body may further include a second aperture formed in a sidewall, wherein the sidewall extends from the first end to the second end of the main body, and wherein the second aperture is connected to the cavity. The blade pin may include a valve, wherein the valve allows passage of a lubricant into the cavity through the first aperture and prevents passage of the lubricant out of the cavity through the first aperture. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Blount, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Carlson, Kurt Summers, Robert A. Dewey
  • Patent number: 10206329
    Abstract: A method of controlling operation of a hand held power tool may include receiving information indicative of a type of cutting equipment attached to the hand held power tool (100) based on operation of a working assembly (130) in a selected direction of rotation. The working assembly (130) may be configured to be bi-directionally rotatable to perform a cutting function using cutting equipment attachable to the hand held power tool (100). The method may further include determining the type of cutting equipment attached based on the received information, and selectively inserting an operational constraint on the working assembly based on the type of cutting equipment and a selected direction of rotation for the working assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: HUSQVARNA AB
    Inventors: Daniel Alexandersson, Johan Svennung, Ted Wolfram, Stefan Holmberg, Pär Martinsson, Mikael Kågebäck
  • Patent number: 10165727
    Abstract: A trimmer head that includes a casing to be coupled to a driveshaft. The casing includes an upper shell and a lower shell, with the lower shell including a second toothing that protrudes upwardly. The trimmer head further includes an upper disk and a lower disk within the casing, with the lower disk including a first toothing that protrudes downwardly. A spool of cutting wire is positioned between the lower disk and the upper disk. In an engagement position, the first toothing and the second toothing are engaged and the upper disk and lower disk rotate with the lower shell. In a free position, the first toothing and the second toothing are disengaged and the upper disk and lower disk rotate with respect to the lower shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: TECOMEC S.R.L.
    Inventors: Enrico Cigarini, Salvatore Longo
  • Patent number: 9872438
    Abstract: A lawn maintenance vehicle includes a frame having a first axle and a second axle mounted to the frame. A first drive wheel and a second drive wheel are mounted to the first and second axle. An energy storage device and an electric motor having a motor shaft are mounted to the frame. The electric motor is in electrical communication with the energy storage device and the energy storage device provides electrical power to the electric motor. The lawn maintenance vehicle further includes a traction drive. The traction drive is operably connected to the motor shaft, and the traction drive is operably connected to the first and second axles. The lawn maintenance vehicle includes an implement mounted to the frame. The lawn maintenance vehicle can also include an internal combustion engine operably connected to the electric motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: MTD Products Inc
    Inventors: Jimmy N. Eavenson, Sr., Axel Schaedler
  • Patent number: 9788484
    Abstract: A string trimmer support attachment. The device includes a base on which the shaft of a string trimmer can be secured. The present invention further includes a pair of legs that are pivotally attached to the base. The legs can be folded so as to be aligned against the string trimmer shaft when not in use. Alternatively, the legs can be folded outward so that the legs are roughly perpendicular to the string trimmer shaft in order to support the head of a string trimmer in an upright and angled orientation that is convenient for changing the trimmer line. Further, in the unfolded configuration the legs are disposed at an angle relative to one another to provide a stable support for the string trimmer, wherein the string trimmer proximal end acts as a third portion of a tripod when the legs are deployed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Inventor: Mark L. Dedmon
  • Patent number: 9750198
    Abstract: A cutter apparatus comprising a frame having a mounting member connectable to a piece of prime mover equipment; a cutter assembly connected to the frame, the cutter assembly comprising a support member having a first end; a drive shaft having a first end journaled to the first end of the support member; and a plurality of discrete cutter members stacked on the drive shaft so as to be engaged with an adjacent one of the cutter members, each of the cutter members having at least one cutting edge; and a drive assembly connected to the drive shaft in a way that activation of the drive assembly causes the drive shaft to rotate and thereby rotate the cutter members. The frame may have a base and an extension arm pivotally connected to the base. The support member may be pivotally connected to the extension arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: LIMB BEAVER, LLC
    Inventor: Roger Carroll
  • Patent number: 9560799
    Abstract: To provide a mower with which a mowing cord can be kept in an appropriate protruding state, in a mower in which a mowing cord 11 of resin is wound on a rotating body 1, the rotating body 1 is provided with a winding member 3 on which the mowing cord 11 is wound, the winding member 3 has a first peripheral concave groove 38 and a second peripheral concave groove 39 on which the mowing cord 11 is wound, and a winding portion 11d of the mowing cord 11 is wound as to be aligned from an inner side in a diameter direction to an outer side within each of the first peripheral concave groove 38 and the second peripheral concave groove 39.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: VIV ENGINEERING INC.
    Inventor: Tadashi Hishida
  • Patent number: 9526205
    Abstract: A lawn mower has a base member that provides protection frames around a blade assembly and height-of-cut control for a lawn. The base member contains a connection piece having lateral edges configured with a notch for configuration of the base member onto the blade assembly in two perpendicular orientations. The base member also contains front and back tubes for detachably connecting to the protection frames in an adjustable manner to cover the revolving range of the blade assembly. Wheels are rotatably configured on the protection frames so that the lawn mower can be moved around the lawn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Inventor: Yu Hsin Cheng
  • Patent number: 9402350
    Abstract: A cutter apparatus comprising a frame having a mounting member connectable to a piece of prime mover equipment; a cutter assembly connected to the frame, the cutter assembly comprising a support member having a first end; a drive shaft having a first end journaled to the first end of the support member; and a plurality of discrete cutter members stacked on the drive shaft so as to be engaged with an adjacent one of the cutter members, each of the cutter members having at least one cutting edge; and a drive assembly connected to the drive shaft in a way that activation of the drive assembly causes the drive shaft to rotate and thereby rotate the cutter members. The frame may have a base and an extension arm pivotally connected to the base. The support member may be pivotally connected to the extension arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: Limb Beaver, LLC
    Inventor: Roger Carroll
  • Patent number: 9386740
    Abstract: An attachable trimmer includes a trimming unit, an arm assembly, a limit switch, and a rod assembly as the attachable trimmer is mounted onto a mower deck of a lawn mower. The trimming unit is connected with the arm assembly while the limit switch is oppositely positioned of the trimming unit across the arm assembly. The rod assembly is connected with the arm assembly in between the trimming unit and the limit switch. The rod assembly moves the attachable trimmer in between an expanded position and a retracted position upon the user's discretion. The trimming unit is only operational when the attachable trimmer is at the expanded position as the limit switch completes an electrical circuitry to electrically power the trimming unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Inventor: Kevin Daniel Miller
  • Patent number: 9301535
    Abstract: A system of drying agricultural products may include a spreader trailer system 100, a windrow construction system or cultivator system 200, a fluffer or aeration system 300, a drag bar system 400, a wide row maker system 500, a conveyer collection system 600 and a collection truck 640. A spreader trailer uses a plurality of chains or other belt drive systems 137 to move a plurality of flat conveyer bars 135 toward spinning breakup tines 157. The breakup tines allow the agricultural product to fall down upon a plurality of rotational plates 160 that disperse the product over an asphalt surface. Windrows over asphalt allow the product to heat at the sides of the windrow. The disclosed system prevents uneven drying and presents new efficiencies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: SOLAR EQUIPMENT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Brian Bearg, Aric Bearg
  • Patent number: 9095098
    Abstract: A handheld work apparatus such as a bed redefiner or edger has a handle for guiding the work apparatus over the ground. The apparatus also includes a drive motor which drives a tool in rotation. During operation, the apparatus is moved over the ground by the operator in a direction of movement. The tool is covered at least partially by a protective hood and a sliding skid is arranged on that end of the protective hood located at the front in the direction of movement. The sliding skid has an abutment surface for a flexible spray guard fixed to the protective hood. The spray guard is fastened to the protective hood in its fastening region located at the front viewed in the direction of movement. The spray guard is movable in its protective region located at the rear viewed in the direction of movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: David Guenther, Antonio Fattorusso, Juergen Haeberlein
  • Patent number: 9010078
    Abstract: The weed trimmer head is comprised of a sole plate having a diameter; a circumference; a plurality of pivot pins extending upwardly therefrom near the circumference. The sole plate also has a driving shaft extending upwardly therefrom from a center thereof. The driving shaft has a threaded segment thereon. A plurality of cutting blades are pivotally mounted to the plurality of pivot pins. A wingnut plate is also provided. This wingnut plate has a disc-like portion and wing blades extending on an upper side thereof. The wingnut plate has a threaded hole in its disc-like portion. The threaded hole is mounted to the threaded segment of the driving shaft and the wingnut plate is movable along the threaded segment, for selectively contacting or exposing the ends of the pivot pins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Inventor: Randy MacDonald
  • Patent number: 8973274
    Abstract: A trimmer head for use with a plurality of lengths of flexible cutting line in a flexible line rotary trimmer having a plurality of line holders rotatably mounted thereon. Each line holder defines a pair of laterally spaced apertures in an upper surface thereof, a passageway extending longitudinally therethrough, terminating in an extended end thereof and communicating with the laterally spaced apertures. An interior guide surface extends along a curvilinear path from the spaced apertures to the passageway and a web extends between the apertures whereby end portions of lengths of cutting line can be extended into and through the spaced openings, along the guide surfaces into and through the passageway and outwardly therefrom, whereupon lengths of line extend about and are held against the web with portions of the line projecting from the passageways in the line holders for the cutting of vegetation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Proulx Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard A. Proulx
  • Patent number: 8973343
    Abstract: A trimmer assembly for attachment onto the mower deck of a riding mower. The assembly comprises an L-shaped attachment and a height adjustment assembly. The L-shaped attachment is connected to the trim blade spindle of a riding mower, and comprises a pulley surface and a downwardly extending trim shaft holding surface. A series of pulleys within the L-shaped attachment are connected together by a trimmer drive belt that facilitates the movement of the trimmer shaft when the trim blade spindle rotates. The height adjustment comprises an upstanding shaft with a lever attached thereon. The lever is pivotally attached onto the top of the upstanding shaft, and comprises a foot actuatable handle, whereby the movement of the handle alters the height of the L-shaped attachment. The device further includes a pair of wheels that enable side-to-side movement, and a spring loaded mount that provides protection against damages from impacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Inventor: Frank Bell
  • Publication number: 20150052867
    Abstract: The present invention involves a multiply adjustable, obstacle responsive mower deck mounted “edge” trimmer that is easily adjustable, easily maintained and stored, low-profile, and requires no outside power source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2013
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Inventors: Laurence J. Castelli, David J. Sickley
  • Patent number: 8925206
    Abstract: A cutting element for a hedge trimmer, comprising: a cutting portion (2); an attaching portion (3), associated to the cutting portion (2) and predisposed to enable attachment of the cutting element to a rotating head (10) of a hedge-trimmer; the attaching portion (3) is hook-shaped and comprises an eyelet (31) on which a housing seating (32) is afforded for an attaching pin (12) solidly constrained to the rotating head (10), the housing seating (32) is provided with an opening (33) a maximum width of which is smaller than a diameter of the attaching pin (12); elastic means are predisposed to enable the opening (33) of the housing seating (32) to broaden up to taking on a width which is at least equal to the diameter of the attaching pin (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Tecomec S.r.l.
    Inventor: Enrico Cigarini
  • Publication number: 20140338299
    Abstract: A mounting arrangement for mounting a string trimmer to a host vehicle such as a ride-on mower or garden tractor. Functions provided by the mounting arrangement may include adjustment of height and inclination of the cutting head, and relocating the cutting head relative to the body of the host vehicle. The mounting arrangement may include a bumper for protecting the cutting head, cushioning of the mounting arrangement by springs to protect the cutting head from collisions, and transfer of liquid fuel from the fuel tank of the host vehicle to that of the string trimmer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventor: Kenneth Lowery
  • Patent number: 8863395
    Abstract: A trimmer head assembly for use on a vegetation cutting machine. The trimmer head assembly has a housing. The housing has a top surface, bottom surface, and at least two recessed areas there between. Pivot posts are disposed within each of the recessed areas. An anchor disc is disposed around each pivot post. The anchor disc is free to rotate around the pivot post within a range. Each anchor disc has two trimmer line channels extending through it. The two trimmer line channels are joined by an open edge groove that runs along one edge. A length of trimmer line is provided for each anchor disc. Each length of trimmer line has a first end that extends through the first of the trimmer line channels, a second end that extends through the second of the trimmer line channels and a bend that seats in the open edge groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Inventor: George E. Alliss
  • Publication number: 20140202128
    Abstract: A trimmer assembly for attachment onto the mower deck of a riding mower is provided. The assembly comprises an L-shaped attachment and a height adjustment attachment. The L-shaped attachment is connected to the trim blade spindle of a riding mower, and comprises a pulley surface and a downward extending trim shaft holding surface. A series of pulleys within the L-shaped attachment are connected together by a trimmer drive belt that facilitates the movement of the trimmer shaft when the trim blade spindle rotates. The height adjustment comprises an upstanding shaft with a lever attached thereon. The lever is pivotally attached onto the top of the upstanding shaft, and comprises a foot actuatable handle, whereby the movement of the handle alters the height of the L-shaped attachment. The device further includes a pair of wheels that enable side-to-side movement, and a spring loaded mount that provides protection against damages from impacts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Inventor: Frank Bell
  • Patent number: 8769830
    Abstract: The hand held grass cutter preferably includes an elongated handle provided with a user interface adapted to be held by a user, a motor located at the handle wherein the motor is communicatively coupled to the user interface, a cutting mechanism located at a distal end of the handle and communicatively coupled to the motor; and a disc section adjustably attached to the handle and spaced subjacent to the cutting mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Inventor: Olin Brown
  • Patent number: 8745880
    Abstract: Provided is a rotary cutter for a mower that achieves easy and rapid cord insertion and improved work efficiency. A rotary cutter for a mower includes: a cord cutting grass or the like; a reel housing the cord, a case and a cover housing the reel therein; a pressing body rotating the reel; and a resilient element elastically supporting the case and the cover, and the rotary cutter is configured such that the reel axially moved by rotation of the pressing body so as to come into contact with the pressing body, and the cord is wound around the reel while being clamped in a clearance created between the reel due to the axial movement of the reel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Starting Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroki Kato
  • Patent number: 8738237
    Abstract: A control system is provided for starting electrically powered implements on a vehicle such as a grass mowing machine with electrically powered cutting reels. The electric motors are started at intervals, rather than simultaneously. The intervals between starting each electric motor may be based on pre-defined criteria such as a fixed time constant, voltage, current or speed input from a motor controller for each implement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventor: Robert A. Henson
  • Publication number: 20140123614
    Abstract: A trimmer attachment for installation on a lawnmower is disclosed that includes a floating trimmer head driven by a trimmer drive pulley. The trimmer drive pulley is connected by a belt to a mower trimmer pulley, which is attached to an existing mower blade pulley. The trimmer attachment is easily removed from the lawnmower when not in use or when it is not needed. The lawnmower further includes a foot pedal which allows the user to raise the trimmer attachment when necessary, and a hand lever which can be used to both raise and lower the attachment for purposes of clearing obstacles and operating bump-feed type trimmer head, when installed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Inventor: Jean Hofmeister
  • Patent number: 8707567
    Abstract: A trimmer head for a rotary line trimmer including a housing operatively connected to the trimmer and a spool for carrying cutting line thereon. The spool is operatively connected to the housing for rotation therewith and defines a pair of opposed line receptor channels having opposed open ends, traversing opposed portions of the spool and defining opposed outlet openings above a lowermost end of the spool. The channels can be aligned with the eyelets in the housing skirt such that lengths of cutting line can be inserted therethrough and wrapped about the spool upon relative rotation of the spool and housing without having to interrupt the operative connection therebetween. The channel outlet openings provide access to the inner ends of the line so that the line also can be pulled from the head without having to interrupt the operative connection therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Proulx Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard A. Proulx
  • Patent number: 8677632
    Abstract: A string trimmer has a blade storage mechanism wherein the blade storage mechanism has a cavity arranged on the body of the string trimmer for storing a blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Chervon (HK) Limited
    Inventors: Toshinari Yamaoka, Fangjie Nie, Huixing Fu
  • Patent number: 8671656
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided herein that provide for remote vegetation cutting, trimming and yard maintenance on adverse terrain. The adverse terrain vegetation cutting apparatus articulates to conform to adverse surface conditions and improve stability. Upon detecting instability the apparatus may automatically rotate to a more stable position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Inventor: Jack R. Paden
  • Patent number: 8667648
    Abstract: A ball handle assembly for a handheld tool is provided. The handheld tool includes a powered mechanism, an actuating mechanism for actuating the powered mechanism, and an elongated boom extending between the powered mechanism and the actuating mechanism. A ball handle assembly is adjustably attached to the boom to allow a user to adjust the ball handle assembly relative to the boom to provide a comfortable and ergonomic orientation regardless of the handedness of the operator. The ball handle assembly is translatable along the length of the boom, and the ball handle assembly provides for three degrees of rotation relative to the boom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: MTD Products Inc
    Inventor: Benjamin Edwin Vierck
  • Publication number: 20140041353
    Abstract: The weed trimmer head is comprised of a sole plate having a diameter; a circumference; a plurality of pivot pins extending upwardly therefrom near the circumference. The sole plate also has a driving shaft extending upwardly therefrom from a center thereof. The driving shaft has a threaded segment thereon. A plurality of cutting blades are pivotally mounted to the plurality of pivot pins. A wingnut plate is also provided. This wingnut plate has a disc-like portion and wing blades extending on an upper side thereof. The wingnut plate has a threaded hole in its disc-like portion. The threaded hole is mounted to the threaded segment of the driving shaft and the wingnut plate is movable along the threaded segment, for selectively contacting or exposing the ends of the pivot pins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2012
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Inventor: Randy MacDonald
  • Patent number: 8640588
    Abstract: A generally cylindrical cutting head for a weed cutting machine has blades that are exposed and lifted off of the head when an upper portion is rotated, with respect to a lower portion and/or a cap, without tools and without disassembly of the structure. A lock ensures that the upper portion does not open until desired, by a rigid plate or aim extending, in the locked position, through portions of both the upper portion and the lower portion, or through portions of both the upper portion and a cap portion. The lock plate/arm may extend into the cutting head from the top, bottom, or side. When pushed inward, the lock plate or arm moves to no longer reside in both upper and lower portions, or both upper and cap portions, to free the upper portion to rotate relative to the lower portion and cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Inventor: Gordon Strader
  • Publication number: 20140026530
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a string trimmer having a pivotable carriage bearing a trimmer portion. The string trimmer typically includes a handle bar support, at least two wheels attached to the handle bar support, and an engine attached to a pivot bar support. The string trimmer typically includes a trimmer portion, which has a rotatable trimmer head and cutting line attached to the rotatable trimmer head. The trimmer portion is capable of rotating between a mowing position, a trimming position and an edging position. The string trimmer also typically includes a rotatable handle bar that has a first handle-bar portion and a second handle-bar portion. The rotatable handle bar is in communication with the trimmer portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Inventor: Jimmy Lawrence Cathcart
  • Publication number: 20140026529
    Abstract: A direct drive electric lawn mower includes a driving device using an outer rotor electric motor formed of a stator, a rotor, a holder base, a bottom cap and a shaft, a cutting device connected to the shaft of the driving device outside the bottom cap and rotatable with the shaft and the bottom cap to cut a lawn at an even height, and an operating device including a tubular handle connected to the driving device, an electrical connector located on one end of the tubular handle remote from the driving device, a grip affixed to the handle and a switch mounted at the tubular handle and electrically connected with the electrical connector and operable to switch on/off the outer rotor electric motor of the driving device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2012
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Inventor: Hui-Yi WU
  • Patent number: 8615887
    Abstract: A head including a housing (3A, 3B) for a winding spool (7) for winding the cutting line (F), provided with projections (15, 19) cooperating with teeth (17, 21) integral with the housing. The teeth and the projections are arranged in such a way so as to allow a stepped rotation of the spool with respect to the housing, when the spool is translated alternatively in opposite directions parallel to the axis of the head. The head includes a first series of teeth and a second series of teeth (21A, 21) which can be used alternatively and which are suitable each to allow the rotation of the spool (7) in one direction and to prevent the rotation in the opposite direction with respect to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Arnetoli Motor S.r.l.
    Inventor: Fabrizio Arnetoli
  • Patent number: 8567074
    Abstract: A grass-cutting head (10) including a spool (11) for winding at least one cutting line and a housing (12) for the cutting line. The housing (12) includes a first part (13) and a second part (14) coupled to each other so as to allow at least one reciprocal angular movement around the axis (X) of rotation of the grass-cutting head. The housing (12) presents at least one passage (31) towards the outside for the cutting line. On the spool (11) is defined at least one inserting portion (33) for inserting the cutting line so that to a rotation of the spool corresponds a winding or an unwinding of the line. Elements (25, 26, 27, 28, 29) are present for winding the cutting line on the spool (11) and matching elements (35, 36) for matching the angular position of the portion (33) of insertion on the spool (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Arnetoli Motor S.r.l.
    Inventor: Fabrizio Arnetoli
  • Patent number: 8549827
    Abstract: A rotary cutter for a mower has a cord for cutting grass and the like by rotating itself; a reel for housing the cord and feeding the cord while intermittently rotating; a case for housing the reel; a cover for covering the case; and a pressing body protruding from the case. The pressing body is axially movable by being pressed, and intermittently rotating the reel. The reel and the pressing body are integrally constructed. Concave grooves for inserting the cord are provided in the reel in a radial direction and the cord is wound by fitting it to the concave grooves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Starting Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroki Kato, Tetsuya Yamada
  • Patent number: 8544247
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a rotatable string trimmer. The string trimmer typically includes a primary support, at least two wheels attached to the primary support, and an engine attached to the primary support. The string trimmer typically includes a trimmer portion, which has a rotatable trimmer head and cutting line attached to the rotatable trimmer head. The trimmer portion is capable of rotating between a trimming position and an edging position. The string trimmer also typically includes a rotatable handle bar that has a first handle-bar portion and a second handle-bar portion. The rotatable handle bar is typically in communication with the trimmer portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Inventor: Jimmy Lawrence Cathcart
  • Publication number: 20130239534
    Abstract: A device allowing a user to removably attach a weed line trimming device to a lawnmower deck, allowing a user to activate the weed trimming device or automatically engaging during the mowing of a yard to trim areas beside the mower while mowing the yard, eliminating duplicate effort and also to relieve the stress of carrying the weed trimming device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Inventor: Blaine Branden