Handle Mounted Tool Adjusting, Latching Or Locking Mechanism Patents (Class 172/364)
  • Patent number: 6854526
    Abstract: A walk-behind working machine has a machine body and a wheel mounted on the machine body for undergoing rotation to move the walk-behind working machine along a ground surface. A cultivator device is mounted on the machine body for cultivating the ground. A working device attachment is removably connected to the machine body for working the ground. A connection mechanism removably connects the working device attachment to the machine body. The connection mechanism has a pair of link members each pivotally connected at a first end portion thereof to the working device attachment and a control unit for controlling a position of the working device attachment with respect to the ground surface so that when the working operation, the first end portions of the link members are disposed closer to the ground surface than the second end portions of the link members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2005
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuo Yamazaki, Hironori Nishie
  • Patent number: 5139091
    Abstract: An edger having a main frame, at least one front wheel fastened in the front portion of the main frame, two rear wheels fastened in the rear portion of the main frame, a rotary blade disposed in the front portion of either side of the main frame and capable of conducting edging, an engine mounted on the main frame and a driving device for operating the rotary blade with the engine, the edger comprising:an operating lever assembly including a first and second lever for controlling the operating position of the rotary blade. The first lever includes a portion to be gripped during operation of the edger, and the second lever includes a position setting mechanism. Both levers are operatively connected together and control the rotary blade via a connection device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1992
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tetsuzo Fujikawa, Makizo Hirata, Shigeharu Ohama, Michio Nishimura
  • Patent number: 5119880
    Abstract: Aerating apparatus is provided and includes a chassis having a handle, a rotor having aerating tines rotatably mounted on the chassis, drive means for rotating the rotor, a support member rotatably mounted on the chassis for movement between a down location at which the aerating tines are out of contact with the ground and an up location at which the aerating tines are in contact with the ground, a pair of wheels mounted on the support member, first and second linkage apparatuses pivotally mounted on the chassis and moving apparatus mounted on the handle for moving the first and second linkage apparatuses to move the support member to the down or up location, adjusting apparatus for adjusting the position of the pair of wheels when the support member is at the up location and a connecting rod connecting the first and second linkage apparatuses for assuring simultaneous movement thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1992
    Assignee: BlueBird International, Inc.
    Inventors: Claude D. Zehrung, Jr., William H. Oliver
  • Patent number: 4910893
    Abstract: A manually operated implement for performing a variety of tasks when equipped with a removable and replaceable utility device, includes a wheeled chassis having an elongate, longitudinal, chassis structural member extending forwardly and rearwardly in the implement centrally of the width thereof and a transverse chassis structural member rigidly attached to the rearward end of said longitudinal chassis member. A pair of wheels are rotatably mounted at opposite ends, respectively, of the transverse chassis member. A slide member is mounted for sliding movement on the longitudinal chassis member and includes a clamping screw for clamping the slide in an adjusted position along such member. Handle structure, preferably of V-shape, is pivotally secured to the slide member and slopes upwardly and rearwardly with its upper, rearward end bifurcated to provide transversely spaced hand grips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1988
    Date of Patent: March 27, 1990
    Inventor: Zane L. Asay
  • Patent number: 4130952
    Abstract: A plow attachment for a roto-tiller wherein the roto-tiller includes a frame, a gear housing downwardly extending from the frame, means for driving a front axle shaft on each side of the gear housing, rear guide wheels, and means for driving said front wheels including a gear housing downwardly extending from the frame between said front wheels. The attachment includes a blade suspended from the forward end of a yoke which in turn includes a pair of parallel rearwardly extending members positioned so as to straddle the gear housing and a pair of front driving wheels. The yoke is pivotally mounted at the rear ends thereof to a pair of legs downwardly extending from the frame. A lift lever is pivotally mounted to the frame at an intermediate portion and connected at its forward end to the blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1977
    Date of Patent: December 26, 1978
    Inventor: Exsior Dion