Patent ID: 11856885
Assignee: nan
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 2:
3. A blade assembly for cutting vegetative material of disparate types said blade assembly comprising:
a rotatable body adapted to couple to a rotary drive;
a plurality of inertially deployable blades, each said blade being hingedly affixed to said rotatable body; and
wherein:
each said blade is rotatable between a first retracted position wherein said blade is substantially within the outer circumference of rotation of said body, and a second extended position wherein a cutting portion of said blade extends outward from the outer circumference of rotation of said body;
said body comprises a guide plate, and each said blade is cooperatively configured with said guide plate to form an associated capture mechanism, each said associated capture mechanism being adapted to prevent detachment of the associated said blade from said body in the event the hinged affixation of said blade fails;
said capture mechanism for each blade comprises a first point of contact between the corresponding said blade and said guide plate and a second point of contact between the corresponding said blade and said guide plate; and
said blade assembly further comprises a first set of selectively provided blade stops.