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Edger

US4962631A · kind A · utility

9Cited by
7References
21Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateSep 7, 1989
Grant dateOct 16, 1990
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 7, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA01D34/84
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The present invention provides an edger wherein a cutter device is arranged on one side of an edger frame, the position of a front wheel is adjustable, the position of one of the rear wheels situated on the other side of the edger frame is also adjustable, and a mechanism for changing the position of the front wheel as well as changing the position of the rear wheel is performed by a single control lever at the operator's station. With this arrangement, the adjustment of the depth of the cutter and the adjustment for maintaining the edger in a horizontal condition when the edger is driven on a curbstone can be easily effected by the operator.

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