Patent ID: 6691792
Filing Date: 2004-02-17
Classification: A01D,A01G,Y10S

Abstract:
An edger attachment apparatus for attaching to a drive-shaft-to-attachment coupling of a string trimmer device after the string trimmer head has been detached from the drive-shaft-to-attachment coupling, comprising:an edger driven-shaft housing attachable to the drive-shaft-to-attachment coupling, an edger driven shaft housed in said edger driven-shaft housing, a relatively small diameter, power transmission driving gear driven by said edger driven shaft, a relatively large diameter, power receiver gear driven by said relatively small diameter, power transmission driving gear, a blade assembly drive shaft connected to said relatively large diameter, power receiver gear, a gear housing for housing said relatively large diameter, power receiver gear, wherein said gear housing is connected to said edger driven-shaft housing, an edger blade assembly driven by said blade assembly drive shaft, a wheel assembly support attached to said gear housing, and a wheel assembly connected to said wheel assembly support, wherein said edger blade assembly includes: a blade support supported by said blade assembly drive shaft, and blades attached to said blade support, and wherein said blade support includes blade reception slots, and said blades are connected to said blade support with blade pivots.