Universal cutting head for a vegetation trimmer
US6158129A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 1, 1999 |
| Grant date | Dec 12, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 1, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA01D34/4166
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
The present invention is a one-piece fixed line vegetation cutting head with several advantages. It is easily adaptable to virtually any vegetation trimmer and it will accommodate a variety of types and gauges of both cutting filament line and wire. The preferred embodiment has an upper portion with the shape of an inverted truncated cone which gives the head an advantage in deep vegetation by hindering the advance and entanglement of long pieces of vegetation around the vegetation trimmer's drive shaft. The preferred embodiment also has a disc-shaped lower portion with two pairs of cutting filament line passage holes in opposed positions near the circumference of the disc which are oriented at oblique angles to both the diameter and the central bore of the disc. When a discrete length of cutting filament line is inserted through the adjacent passage holes in each pair, it is subjected to less bending and wear during high speed rotation than would be experienced with the use of non-angular passage holes. Further, in the preferred embodiment, the lower portion has a tapered edge allowing a closer cutting angle when the cutting filament line becomes shortened due to wear. The simplif…
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