Abstract: A multi-purpose dual blade tool with a hitch pin system that allows the operator to adjust the tool to serve as a sod cutter, scuffle hoe, or lightweight pick-ax which allows the operator to use the tool in an upright standing position. This tool is comprised of a base structure or assembly having points of attachment for a wheel or wheels, a cutting blade, an additional kick blade which mounts on a handle directly above the base structure or can be used independently as a lightweight pick ax, and a wooden handle with composite grip and multiple attachment holes.

Abstract: A push mower comprises a mower main body, at least one arm extending upward toward a rear side from the mower main body, and a grip located at a tip end of the at least one arm. Each end of the grip is located on one plane side of an arm plane, a center of the grip is located on an opposite plane side of the arm plane, and therefore the grip extends so as to intersect with the arm plane. Here, the arm plane means a virtual plane on which the at least one arm is located and that is parallel to a left-to-right direction of the mower main body.

Abstract: A grass cutting device operable to sever at least a portion of a blade of grass wherein the grass cutting device utilizes stationary blades and is slidably traversed across a lawn. The grass cutting device further includes a bin having a plurality of walls configured to receive and store grass clippings therein. Operably coupled to the bin proximate the front wall is a clipping guide member. The clipping guide member functions to transfer grass clippings from the blade assembly into the bin. The blade assembly is mounted to the clipping guide member distal to the bin. The blade assembly further includes a plurality of triangular shaped blades with alternately intermediate dividers. The dividers function to partition a section of grass of a lawn into a smaller portion as the section of grass enters the blade assembly in order to facilitate severing of at least a portion of the blades of grass when contacted by the plurality of blades.

Abstract: A drive arrangement for a hand-guided working machine for agriculture, forestry and horticulture applications. The drive arrangement comprises an electric motor, a DC power source for electrical energy, and a control apparatus for the electric motor which is fed from the DC power source. The electric motor has a specific, in particular linear, characteristic curve between the electric current which is consumed by the electric motor and the rotational speed of an output shaft of the electric motor. The control apparatus has current-limiter which limits the current which flows through the electric motor to a maximum value in order to protect the electric motor against overloading. The control apparatus limits the current consumption of the electric motor in a range of low rotational speeds to values which are considerably smaller than the characteristic curve values which are given for these rotational speeds by the characteristic curve of the electric motor, as a function of the rotational speed.

Abstract: An apparatus for the controlled growth and harvesting of mushrooms and other plant material is disclosed comprising a substrate container including a growth surface through which extend a plurality of growth apertures arrayed in a pattern on the growth surface, and an exposure/cutting plate which is slidably mated to the growth surface. More than one growing surface could be used. The apparatus will allow for the significant reduction of labor and other costs associated with the production of mushrooms or other plant crops.

Abstract: A hand-held power working machine which makes it possible to enlarge the area of the front handle portion which is available for gripping, to enhance the rigidity of the hand protector, and to facilitate the mounting of the front handle and hand protector. This hand-held power working machine comprises a front handle portion and a hand protector, and is characterized in that the hand protector is constituted by a rear protector body having an inverted U-shaped cross-section formed with an upper plate and right and left side plates, and by a front protector body disposed in front of and extending outwardly from the rear protector body and forming a sectorial shape, and in that the front handle portion is integrally formed with the side plates of the rear protector body.

Abstract: A garden tool comprising a blade having a sharpened edge to cut weeds rooted in an area of soil, and one or more tines, each tine having a pointed tip to cultivate the area of soil. The blade is spaced from one or more wheels of the garden tool to enable the sharpened edge to be inserted into the area of soil in order to cut the rooted weeds as the wheel(s) are traversed over the area of soil via a handle of the garden tool. The tine(s) are spaced from the one or more wheels to enable the pointing tip(s) to be inserted into the area of soil in order to cultivate the area of soil as the wheel(s) are traversed over the area of soil via the handle.

Abstract: A hand-held device for picking fruit which includes an elongated grip member and a head member connected to the elongated grip member which includes a pair of fixed immovable blades. Each blade has a cutting edge. The blades are positioned in the head in opposed planar relationship to one another so that at least a portion of each respective cutting edge is in spaced opposed relationship to the cutting edge of the other blade at a distance less than the thickness of the stem of the fruit to be picked. Picking is accomplished by a thrusting motion in which the device is held in one of the laborers hands while the fruit to be picked is grasped in the other. The device is thrust at the stem of the fruit to be picked. The pair of fixed blades guides the stem into the cutting region where the stem is severed. The fruit can be removed by the hand holding it during the cutting operation.

Abstract: This is a grass remover to remove grass from the surface of an area in a circular path about the top of a guide hole in which a termite bait station may be inserted. This includes a circular skirt with a hub in the middle and a plurality of cutting blades sharpened at the lower end and carried between the hub and the skirt. A guide cylinder is fixed to the hub and extends downwardly into the guide hole. A stem extends upwardly from the hub and is of a character to fit into the chuck of a hand drill. Operation of the hand drill when the guide cylinder is in the guide hole causes the grass to be removed from the circular area about the top of the guide hole.

Abstract: A hand portable grain threshing device includes a base, a reel with elongate paddle members, a mesh screen mounted over the top of the reel, a trough and collection member for collecting grain heads or kernels, a variable speed actuator for rotating the reel which cuts the stems of crop plants below the grain heads and which centrifuges the grain heads into the trough, and a blower unit for blowing the chaff out of the threshing device and moving the grain heads into the collection member. The user carries this threshing device into a field and holds this device upon the crop plants with the crop plants extending upward within the device, and the paddle members in cooperation with the front edge of the base cuts off the stems below the grain heads which are centrifuged about the interior side of the mesh screen into the trough and into the collection member for the user to test the amount of moisture in the grain heads.

Abstract: An okra pod harvester and cutter which is of a piece of material bent to form two arms with their ends spaced from each other. One arm has a portion bent at a 90.degree. angle which is formed with a V-shape cut out and a cutting blade is secured across the V-shape cut out and held in place. The other arm is cut across its end at a 90.degree. angle and has a length such that when the two arms are pressed toward each other, the one arm passes close within the bent end portion and passes the position of the cutter. As the one arm passes the bent end portion an okra pod placed in the V-shaped end of the bent portion is cut from the bush and is held between the two arms until the cut okra pod is placed into a container.

Abstract: An elongated operating shaft supporting a tool at one end, a drive motor at its other end, and transmission means extending through said shaft to drive said tool is provided with a control handle for adjusting the holding and guiding the position and orientation of said tool. The control handle is formed of a unitary body having a handgrip section and an attachment section, which is provided with a hole into which the supporting shaft is inserted and which is formed with sufficient clearance to permit said handle body to be rocked to and fro along the longitudinal axis of the shaft. Spring means is mounted for biasing said handle body along an axis having an inclined position with respect to the longitudinal axis of the shaft so that said surface of the shaft is contacted by the surface of the hole at at least two opposed points, thereby to normally lock the handle body in said inclined position.

Abstract: A weeder which a user can use in a standing posture, comprises an operating shaft having a longitudinal bore and a grip provided at an upper end thereof, the operating shaft having a length long enough to allow the user to operate the operating shaft in the standing posture while grasping the grip, a support rod telescoped in the longitudinal bore of the operating shaft, a chuck mechanism arranged at a lower end portion of the shaft for pulling out the weeds by the roots, the chuck mechanism including a pair of first and second frames and a pair of first and second chuck pawls for pinching the roots of the weeds, the first frame supported to a lower end portion of the rod, the second frame pivotally supported to the first frame, the first chuck pawl provided at a lower end of the first frame, the second chuck pawl provided at a lower end of the second frame, each of the first and second chuck pawls having a lower sharp end and adapted to be stuck into the ground when the shaft is pushed down against the groun

Abstract: The present specification discloses a cutting tool for use in the garden and workshops having a body (A) which houses a screw impeller (9) that can be driven by a motor (23). The screw impeller (9) being arranged to move waste along a flow path extending through the body (A) from an inlet (11) to an outlet (13), the outlet (13) being connectable to a receptacle which can then entrap any material so moved. A rotating cutting blade (35,41) controlled by the screw impeller (9) being located adjacent to the inlet (11) to act with a fixed cutting blade (31,37) to cut material projecting therebetween, which cut material is entrained through the body (A) by the screw impeller (9) to the receptacle.

Abstract: Apparatus and method for removing plastic bags and other debris from trees utilizing an elongated pole, at least a cutting member having a cutting edge with the cutting member attached to the pole, and at least a hook member attached to the pole and extending transversely thereof.

Abstract: A vegetable harvesting device or cutter (8) for harvesting a harvest portion from a plant, e.g. okra, which plant has a harvest portion supported at the end of a stem. The cutter includes a conduit member (10) that has a passageway (12) therethrough. The passageway includes receiving and discharge ports (20 & 16) and is adapted to allow passage of a desired harvest portion and to receive a portion of the stem adjacent the harvest portion. The perimeter of the receiving port is defined by a peripheral lip located at a surface of the conduit member and has at least a functional portion lying within a plane. A hand-actuated, squeezeable severing means or cutter is in operational connection with the functional portion of the peripheral lip and is selectively responsive to an operator for harvesting the harvest portion by severing the stem while a section of the stem is received within the passageway of the conduit member (note FIG. 4 ).

Abstract: A device for picking fruit mounted on either the right hand or left hand of the user which includes an elongate central strip having a first end and an opposed second end with a longitudinal axis extending from the first to the second end and a latitudinal axis perpendicular to this longitudinal axis defining a first normal plane together with an end member attached to the first end of the elongate central strip and extending contiguously outward from the first normal plane of the central strip. The device also includes a cutting blade attached to the second end of the central strip extending angularly outward from the normal plane. The device is adapted to be inserted onto the finger or fingers of the user such that the cutting blade can be brought into contact with the stem of a fruit to be harvested by the grasping motion of the picker's hand.

Abstract: A tool for use to remove weeds, especially dandelions, which comprises an open rectangular frame having an upper rod-like member defining a handle and a lower rod-like member of a length sufficient to receive the foot of an operator. This open rectangular frame gives room not only to the foot of the operator, but also to his or her knee, thereby making the tool much easier to use. The tool also comprises a tapered extraction tube externally secured to a lower lateral side of the frame. This particular positioning of the extraction tube is of particular importance, since, thanks to its eccentric position, a rotational force may be applied to it by both the hand and foot of the operator which holds the frame, respectively. Thanks to its structure, the taperated extraction tube is also self-cleaning, as it empties automatically when another plug of soil or earth containing a weed to be extracted is inserted therein.

Abstract: A lawn and garden tool for removing weeds and dandelions includes a cutting blade fixedly secured to the distal end of a shaft and a pivotable claw arranged to have its serrated edge pivotably closed against a flat surface of the blade, The claw has two spaced pivot arms secured to opposite sides of the shaft to evenly distribute the closure force, A linkage rod is actuable by a trigger grip secured at the proximal end of the shaft to permit selective closure of the claw in opposition to a bias force exerted by a compression spring disposed for protection in a recess defined in the pistol grip handle.

Abstract: A hand-held apparatus is disclosed for collecting seeds from plants. The apparatus has an elongated handle with a rotary brush-like unit rotatably attached to one end of the handle. The rotary unit has a plurality of seed stripper elements extending radially outwardly from and operatively spaced around the unit. Drive means are provided for rotating the unit and seed containment means are attached to the handle and extend adjacent the unit for catching seed which is stripped off the plants by the seed stripper elements. A conventional string trimmer may be converted into a seed stripper of the invention by removing the string trimmer head and replacing it with the rotary unit of the invention.

Abstract: A hand-held flower stripping and thorn dulling implement has a handle portion and comb portion extending outwardly from one end thereof which has a row of generally vertical laterally spaced fingers at its outer end. The implement will strip a whole bundle of flowers at one time. The fingers are smooth and rounded configurations spaced apart sufficient to glide along the stems of the bundle and strip the leaves from the stems while also rounding off the tips of thorns of flowers having thorny stems. The handle portion extends angularly upward and rearward relative to the comb portion to place the fingers of the user above the stems of the bundle of flowers and facilitate a comfortable gripping position. In one embodiment, the comb portion and fingers are formed of length of rigid wire bent into a series of continuous, generally vertical elongate loops defining the laterally spaced fingers.

Abstract: An underwater weed cutter comprises a generally W-shaped object which is cut out of a plate or sheet of metal and is configured similar to two scythes whose opposite ends are joined together to form a unitary object which has a line attached to it to provide for pulling it along the bottom of a body of water to shear off and collect underwater weeds. The weed cutters are configured such that the outside or convex boundary of one of them is complementary in shape to the inside or concave boundary of another of them so that there is no metal waste developed between the cutters when they are being cut from the plate.

Abstract: A field thrasher includes a housing assembly and a thrashing assembly. The housing assembly includes an upper thrashing enclosure with a mouth opening and a chaffe discharge opening. A lower, collection enclosure is mounted below the thrashing enclosure and includes a grain discharge opening, an air discharge opening and a chaffe discharge opening. A spout is mounted on the thrashing enclosure in communication with the mouth opening. The thrashing assembly includes a flail subassembly comprising a rotor shaft rotatably mounted in the thrashing enclosure and tines extending outwardly from the rotor shaft. A drive subassembly includes a motor drivingly coupled to the rotor shaft and mounted on top of the thrashing enclosure. A fan subassembly is mounted in a fan compartment at an upper end of the thrashing enclosure and provides an airflow through the housing.

Abstract: A portable thrasher includes a housing with an interior, a mouth for passing crop heads into the interior, a grain discharge opening and a chaffe discharge opening. A thrashing assembly includes a primer mover mounted on the housing, a generally cylindrical flail subassembly driven by the prime mover and an oscillating sieve panel separating the housing interior into an upper, chaffee compartment and a lower, grain compartment.

Abstract: A lawn trimming tool (10) has an elongate support column or member (12) with a cutter head (16) mounted for rotation at a lower end thereof and a flexible line or string (20) extending from the cutter head (16) for cutting in a plane perpendicular to the axis of rotation. An edging attachment (28) is removably mounted by a bolt (50) to a support assembly (32) mounted on the support column (12). Front and rear rollers (58A, 58B, 58C, 58D) are mounted for rolling contact along a curb, driveway, or sidewalk (D) and an edging guide (60) secured to roller 58D rides alongside the driveway (D) for guiding the trimming tool (10).

Abstract: A brake system for a vegetation cutter. The cutter has a boom with a proximal end and a distal end. A working head is rotatably mounted to the distal end, and a power source such as a gasoline engine, is mounted at the proximal end. A clutch is interposed between the power source and a drive shaft on the boom which drives the working head. A brake surface is concurrently driven with the drive shaft. A brake is adapted to be pressed againt the brake surface to brake rotation of the drive shaft when it is applied, and to enable rotation when it is not applied.

Abstract: A weed remover (14) for eradicating, killing, collecting and dispensing weeds without the user having to touch the soil or weeds comprises a frame (22), a handle (16), a foot bar (34), a digging blade (36), a vacuum inlet tube (40), a vacuum blower (86), an outlet hose (94), and a weed collecting housing (48) secured to frame (22). A weed disposal bag (44) is secured to the weed collecting housing (48) and tubes (40, 42) provide a track for weeds to be sucked into a disposable weed bag (44) by vacuum generated from an electric motor (28). A battery charger (100 ) is provided as well as a tank (26) for weed killer or other fluids and delivery tubing is provided (50, 58, 150) for delivering the weed killer to soil near the severed weed root.

Abstract: A snow removal device including a frame, an auger mounted for rotary motion in said frame, a blade mounted in the frame in close proximity to the auger and a handle connected to the frame for pushing the auger through the snow. The handle is mounted on the frame to extend radially outwardly from the axle of the auger. The auger can have a single or double twist blade and can be a one-direction or two-direction type blade.

Abstract: A beach combing apparatus is set forth wherein a plurality of spaced runners have secured therebetween an elongate blade member formed with a forwardly positioned beveled planar blade formed with a spaced parallel rear overfolded edge to provide strength and integrity to said blade. A plurality of spaced parallel upstanding brackets integrally formed to said blade to secure an elongate "U" shaped handle is mounted between the brackets at terminal end portions integrally formed to said handle at an obtuse angle thereto whereupon said handle is oriented relative to said blade member at an angle of approximately 30 to 45 degrees in a first position and pivotal parallel to said blade member in a second position to effect the cutting and trimming of various growth to be found growing on a beach surface.

Abstract: A brushcutter has a supporting tube having a first end and a second end with a drive motor arranged at the first end and a cutterhead mounted on the second end. A handle is mounted on the supporting tube for manipulating the brushcutter. The handle has a tubular-shaped handle portion which can be attached to the supporting tube without first disassembling the latter from the motor or the cutterhead. This is achieved configuring the tubular-shaped handle portion to be made of two clamshells which conjointly define a partition plane in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the supporting tube. One of the clamshells holds all control components and is directly mounted on the supporting tube by means of a pipe clamp. The other clamshell is laterally attached to the first clamshell.

Abstract: A manually operable lawn-edge trimming implement consists of a blade-carrier, a knifing blade and a broom-stick handle by which the implement may be presented to the lawn edge and traversed therealong with the blade obliquely penetrated into the earth along the line of edge trimming. The blade-carrier acts as a clamp for removably holding the replaceable knifing blade, and the blade-carrier is supported by an axle on two wheels which are well spaced apart so as to prevent grass crushing in the lawn-edge vicinity.