Lawn and garden chipper shredder vacuum apparatus
First Claim
1. Lawn and garden maintenance equipment for collecting and shredding debris as well as chipping branches and the like comprising:
- a housing supported for movement on groud engaging wheels,said housing having a top deck portion provided with depending exterior sidewalls extending downwardly from said deck portion and provided with upwardly extending sidewalls from said deck portion and forming the sidewalls of a work chamber;
a top closure for the work chamber;
drive means supported on the top closure, said drive means having a shaft rotating about a vertical axis and extending into said work chamber;
a disc mounted on said shaft for rotation therewith, said disc being disposed proximate to the top closure;
said disc having generally radially and downwardly extending air moving blades affixed thereto, the tips of said blades being circumferentially spaced from the sidewalls of the work chamber;
said disc having a slot extending inwardly of the disc circumference and a sharpened chipping blade mounted adjacent the trailing edge of the slot in the direction of rotation and on the top surface of the disc;
an aperture extending through the top closure of said work chamber and radially positioned to be vertically aligned with said chipper blade at least once each disc revolution;
a bottom closure for said housing engaging the lower edge of the depending sidewalls and secured thereto, said bottom closure substantially closing the housing bottom but being peripherally spaced from the depending sidewalls in one area to create an air and debris inlet opening adjacent the ground;
and an aperture formed in the work chamber as an exit opening for leaves and debris drawn through the inlet into the work chamber by rotation of the disc mounted blades and for the chips removed from twigs and limbs inserted into the upper surface aperture in said top closure.
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Abstract
Lawn and garden maintenance equipment for collecting and shredding debris and chipping branches is provided with a wheel-supported housing having a handle for guiding the apparatus, the housing having a substantially closed bottom wall below the blades and having a portion thereof providing an air and debris inlet opening, a motor mounted on the housing with a shaft extending into housing and supporting a disc for rotation with the shaft within said housing, the disc having a cutter on its top for slicing limbs and a slot adjacent said cutting means to permit sliced material to pass through the disc, downwardly extending blades mounted on the bottom of the disc move air and air entrained debris within the housing to an exit opening in said housing generally opposite the inlet for air and entrained debris, and a top opening in the housing is radially aligned with the cutter to accept limbs and the like to be fed through the opening to be engaged by the cutter.
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14 Claims
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1. Lawn and garden maintenance equipment for collecting and shredding debris as well as chipping branches and the like comprising:
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a housing supported for movement on groud engaging wheels, said housing having a top deck portion provided with depending exterior sidewalls extending downwardly from said deck portion and provided with upwardly extending sidewalls from said deck portion and forming the sidewalls of a work chamber; a top closure for the work chamber; drive means supported on the top closure, said drive means having a shaft rotating about a vertical axis and extending into said work chamber; a disc mounted on said shaft for rotation therewith, said disc being disposed proximate to the top closure; said disc having generally radially and downwardly extending air moving blades affixed thereto, the tips of said blades being circumferentially spaced from the sidewalls of the work chamber; said disc having a slot extending inwardly of the disc circumference and a sharpened chipping blade mounted adjacent the trailing edge of the slot in the direction of rotation and on the top surface of the disc; an aperture extending through the top closure of said work chamber and radially positioned to be vertically aligned with said chipper blade at least once each disc revolution; a bottom closure for said housing engaging the lower edge of the depending sidewalls and secured thereto, said bottom closure substantially closing the housing bottom but being peripherally spaced from the depending sidewalls in one area to create an air and debris inlet opening adjacent the ground; and an aperture formed in the work chamber as an exit opening for leaves and debris drawn through the inlet into the work chamber by rotation of the disc mounted blades and for the chips removed from twigs and limbs inserted into the upper surface aperture in said top closure. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. Lawn and garden maintenance equipment for collecting and shredding debris and chipping branches and the like comprising:
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a housing; drive means mounted on said housing and having a shaft extending into said housing for rotation about a vertical axis; a disc mounted on said shaft for rotation therewith and positioned within said housing; cutting means on the top of said disc for slicing limbs and a slot adjacent said cutting means to permit sliced material to pass through the disc; blade means mounted on the bottom of said disc to move air and air entrained debris within said housing; a bottom closure for said housing; said closure having a portion thereof providing an air and debris inlet opening; an aperture in said housing radially aligned with said cutting means for accepting limbs and the like to be fed through said housing to engage the cutting means; an exit opening in said housing generally radially opposite the inlet for air and entrained debris; and wheels to support said housing for movement along the ground. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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Specification