Hedge trimmer

• US 3,293,746 A
• Filed: 03/22/1965
• Issued: 12/27/1966
• Est. Priority Date: 03/22/1965
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Ralph C. Maxson
• Original Assignee: Ralph C. Maxson
• Inventors: Maxson, Ralph C.
• Application Number:
  US04/441,763
• Time in Patent Office: 645 Days
• US Class Current: 30/223
• CPC Class Codes: A01G 3/053 motor-driven

Claims

1. IN A HEDGE TRIMMER OR THE LIKE OF THE TYPE HAVING DRIVE MEANS FOR RECIPROCATING ONE CUTTING BLADE RELATIVE TO ANOTHER TO PERFORM A CUTTING OPERATION, THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING A BLADE ASSEMBLY INCLUDING, IN COMBINATION, FIRST CUTTING BLADE HAVING A FIRST SET OF CUTTING TEETH SPACED ALONG ONE LONGITUDINAL EDGE THEREOF AND A SECOND SET OF CUTTING TEETH SPACED ALONG AN OPPOSITE LONGITUDINAL EDGE THEREOF, THE CUTTING TEETH OF SAID SECOND SET BEING IN OPPOSITELY DISPOSED RELATION TO THE CUTTING TEETH OF SAID FIRST SET, A SECOND CUTTING BLADE HAVING A THIRD SET OF CUTTING TEETH SPACED ALONG ONE LONGITUDINAL EDGE THEREOF AND FOURTH SET OF CUTTING TEETH SPACED ALONG AN OPPOSITE LONGITUDINAL EDGE THEREOF, THE CUTTING TEETH OF SAID FOURTH SET BEING IN OFFSET RELATION TO THE CUTTING TEETH OF SAID THIRD SET, AND MEANS FOR MOUNTING SAID FIRST AND SECOND BLADES IN OVERLYING RELATION FOR RELATIVE LONGITUDINAL MOVEMENT TO EFFECT A CUTTING OPERATION.