Patent ID: 6983584
Filing Date: 2006-01-10
Classification: A01D

Abstract:
1. A gardening rake comprising: a grip; an extended pole having a first end mounted on the grip; two rake heads each having a first end mounted on a second end of the extended pole and provided with a gear wheel and a second end provided with a plurality of spaced talons each provided with a T-shaped head; a clamping device mounted between the extended pole and the rake heads to control clamping or unfolding of the rake heads and including: a fixation base mounted on the second end of the extended pole and having a pivot notch for mounting the gear wheel of each of the rake heads; two bolts each extended through the fixation base and the gear wheel of a respective one of the rake heads so that the gear wheel of each of the rake heads is pivotally mounted on the fixation base; a transmission mechanism extended through the pivot notch of the fixation base and having a rim that gears into the gear wheel of each of the rake heads, wherein the transmission mechanism has an inner side formed with a screw hole; a spring mounted between the inner side of the transmission mechanism and a fixation wall of the fixation base; a withhold handle mounted on the grip and having an open hole; a linkage bar mounted in the extended pole and having a first end provided with a screw head screwed into the screw hole of the transmission mechanism and a second end provided with a screw end extended through the open hole of the withhold handle into the withhold handle; a screw nut mounted in the withhold handle and screwed onto the screw end of the linkage bar to fix the linkage bar on the withhold handle.