Patent ID: 7082743
Filing Date: 2006-08-01
Classification: A01B,A01G,E02F

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for cutting and clearing brush, trees and land debris disposed at least one of at and below ground level, said apparatus comprising: (a) a hollow cylinder; (b) a pair of end members rigidly attached to said hollow cylinder and at least partially closing each end thereof; (c) means rigidly attached to each of said end members and aligned with a longitudinal axis of said hollow cylinder for enabling rotation thereof; (d) a predetermined plurality of tool support blocks rigidly attached in a predetermined pattern to an outer surface of said hollow cylinder, each of said predetermined plurality of said support blocks has a tool attachment means disposed therein with a longitudinal axis aligned in a predetermined direction about said longitudinal axis of said hollow cylinder; (e) a predetermined plurality of cutting tools each having a working end and a mounting shank, said mounting shank is secured in said tool attachment means of said support block and said working end outwardly extending from said outer surface of said hollow cylinder in said predetermined direction, said working end disposed at a first predetermined height above said outer surface of said hollow cylinder; and (f) means engageable with said outer surface of said hollow cylinder adjacent each of said plurality of said cutting tools for controlling penetration of said working end into such material, said means having at least a portion disposed at a second predetermined height above said outer surface of said hollow cylinder which is smaller than said first predetermined height of said working end, wherein the difference between said first predetermined height and said second predetermined height is less than one inch.