An Improved Implement for Cutting the Edges of Lawns and for other purposes.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 31st Mar., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 31st Dec., 1890-Accepted, 31st Jan., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Implement for Cutting the Edges of Lawns and for
other purposes.
I, GEORGE FREDERICK REDFERN, of the firm of G. F. Redfern & Co., the
General Patent Office, No. 4 South Street, Finsbury, in the County of Middlesex,
Patent Agents, do hereby declare the nature of this invention (a communication
from abroad by S. L. Allen & Co. of No. 1107 Market Street, Philadelphia, United
States of America) to be as follows
:-
This invention relates to an improved implement or tool which is especially
designed for trimming the edges of lawns, but it is also applicable for cutting off
the runners of strawberry plants and for other agricultural purposes.
The improved implement comprises a suitable cast iron frame, to the rear of
which are secured the guiding handle while the front carries the axis of a travelling
wheel. In the said frame is also formed a transverse slot, in which is fixed a
standard having an axle upon which is a rotary cutter adapted to move when in
contact with the edge to be cut.
Behind the cutter is arranged a small share or hoe, which serves to clear out
sand, gravel, or the like from the portion of the path adjacent to the edge of the
lawn. When cutting off the surplus runners of strawberry plants the hoe is
advantageously removed.
The implement may also be used as an ordinary hoe, in which case the rotary
cutter is removed.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Implement for Cutting the Edges of Lawns and for
other purposes.
I, GEORGE FREDERICK REDFERN, of the firm of G. F. Redfern & Co., the
General Patent Office, No. 4, South Street, Finsbury, in the County of Middlesex,
Patent Agents, do hereby declare the nature of this invention (a communication
from abroad by S. L. Allen & Co., of No. 1107 Market Street, Philadelphia,
United States of America) and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:
This invention relates to an improved implement or tool which is especially
designed for trimming the edges of lawns, but it is also applicable for cutting off the
runners of strawberry plants and for other agricultural purposes.
The improved implement comprises a suitable cast iron frame, to the rear of
which are secured the guiding handles while the front carries the axle of a travelling
wheel. In the said frame is also formed a transverse slot, in which is fixed a
standard having an axle upon which is a rotary cutter, adapted to move when in
contact with the edge to be cut.
Behind the cutter is arranged a small share or hoe which serves to clear out
sand, gravel, or the like from the portion of the path adjacent to the edge of the
lawn.
To enable the invention to be fully understood I will describe the same with
reference to the accompanying drawing, in which :-
:-
Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved implement or tool ;

page_text: Figure 3 a front view.
a indicates the frame of the implement, b, b the handles secured to the rear of the
said frame, and c the travelling wheel rotating upon an axle mounted in the front
of the said frame. d is the transverse slot, and e, e are projections serving to support
and steady a brick or the like upon the said frame in order to increase the weight
of the apparatus.
fis the rotary cutter mounted upon an axle carried by the standard 9, the
end of which is fixed in the slot d by means of a nut h.
upper
i is the share or hoe, the standard of which is also at its upper end passed through
the slot d and secured by a nut.
It is obvious that the said share and cutter may be adjusted according to
requirements.
In practice I prefer to use a dished cutter as shewn.
When the implement is to be used for cutting off the surplus runners of strawberry
plants the hoe is advantageously removed, and in case it is to be used as an ordinary
hoe the rotary cutter is removed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
The manufacture and use of the improved implement hereinbefore described and
illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and with or without the cutter or hoe as
required.
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G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.