Improvements in Weed Extractors.
Year: 1890

page_text: te of Application, 18th Jan., 1890 -Accepted, 15th Mar., 1890
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Weed Extractors.
We, FRANCIS HERBERT WENHAM of the Beacon, Goldsworth, Woking, in the
County of Surrey, Engineer, and LEWIS OWEN GILBERT VAUGHAN of the Firm of
Vaughan Brothers, Dartmouth Street Birmingham in the County of Warwick
Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of our said invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement :—
Our invention has for its object improvements in weed extractors by which weeds
may be quickly extracted from lawns, flower beds, or other positions with great
rapidity and ease and without stooping when required so that a lady may use the
implement without any difficulty whatever.
In order that our invention may be clearly understood and easily carried into
practice we have appended hereunto a sheet of drawings showing several views of the
said implement but the design and details of construction may be considerably varied
without departure from the principal of the extractor.
Figure 1 is a side view of the extractor with the handle and all the parts complete
and ready for use.
Figure 2. is a front view of the lower portion of the extractor.
Figure 3 is a back view of the lower portion of the extractor.
Figure 4 is a side view of the extractor when inserted in the ground for extracting
the weed.
Figure 5 is a similar side view to Fig. 4 but shewing the extractor after the weed
has been extracted.
Figure 6 is a side elevation of the lower portion of the extractor shewing a modi-
fication in the shape of the pad at the end of the lever.
Our extractor consists of the blade or fork A¹ which is attached at its upper
extremity to the handle A and is curved and serrated at a³ so as to allow of being
readily inserted in the ground or among roots. Pivotted at a to this blade or fork Ai
is a second or smaller blade or fork A² which is curved and serrated at a³ in a similar
manner, the other end a in this case forming a lever to which is attached the pad a'
which formed to take a bearing on the ground without cutting into the soil or turf,
and may be so rounded as shewn at B Figure 6 so that as the leverage is applied to
the handle the pad finds a flat bearing throughout the operation.
For extracting the weed it is simply neccessary to open the jaw A wide and force
the blades or forks A¹ and A² into the ground to enclose the weed as shewn in
Figure 4 until the pad a' or B meets the surface of the ground when the handle has
only to be pulled from the position shewn at Figure + into that shewn at Figure 5
which leverage will be the means of withdrawing the weed as shewn in that figure with
little trouble and without the neccessity of soiling the hands.
The part A¹ may be attached to the handle A by means of a socket upon the part A¹
into which the handle A would fit and we may modify the shape or size of the various
parts so as to meet any particular requirements.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :-
The improved weed extractor substantially as herein set forth and as shown upon
the drawings.
Dated this 17th day of Januar 1800