An Improved Agricultural Implement.
Year: 1898

page_text: I, CHARLES HOLMES PURDY, of Lynbrook, New York, U.S.A., Insurance Agent.
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:
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The object of this invention is to provide an implement which can be con-
veniently used for a variety of purposes.
An implement of this class consists of a blade similar to that of a hoe; but
having another suitably shaped and curved blade, extending from one of its
edges at an angle. A suitable handle extends from the blades.
The hoe blade can be used for uprooting weeds and for other purposes to which
the ordinary garden hoe is usually put, whilst the other blade serves as a protector
to prevent the hoe from approaching too close to and injuring the roots of plants.
When used in another way, the angle formed by the juncture of the two blades
can be used to make a perfect drill for seed planting.
By resting the horizontal blade on the surface of a lawn the side blade may be
conveniently used for trimming the edge.
Dated this 17th day of September 1898.
R. RAINSFORD,
Agent for Applicant.
An Improved Agricultural Implement.
I, CHARLES HOLMES PURDY, of Lynbrook, New York, U.S.A., Insurance Agent,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement:―
This invention has relation to that class of garden implements designed to
clear walks and trim the edges of lawns etc.; and it consists in the novel construc-
tion thereof hereinafter described and claimed.
The object of the invention is to provide in the one article a horizontal hoe
and an edge-trimmer so constructed that the two devices may be used at once or
either employed independently of the other and wherein the blade for trimming
the edges of lawns may not only be used independently of the hoe, but will more
efficiently accomplish its purpose and require less exertion than those heretofore
used.
In the accompanying drawings, illustrating the invention, Figure 1 is a per-
spective view of a device constructed in accordance with my invention, shewing

page_text: it in use
ence.
for clearing a path and trimming the edge of a lawn at
Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the device, showing it in the position
it occupies when trimming the edge of a lawn only.
Fig. 3 is a
front elevation of the device. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the device, looking
at it from the right hand side, while the parts are in the position shewn in
Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a top plan view of the device, and Fig. 6 is a top plan view of
the blank from which the blades are formed.
The same letters and numerals of reference designate the same parts in the
several figures.
The blades of the device are formed from the blank of sheet-steel or other
suitable metal, (shewn in Fig. 6) consisting of an oblong, square, or other suitable
rectangular end 1 and an end 2, extending at about an obtuse angle from said
end 1 and having a rounded free end 3. The front longitudinal edges of theso
parts, including the edge 3, are bevelled on the dotted lines 4 to form cutting
edges, and the end 2 is bent vertically at right angles, with the end 1 on the
dotted line 5. This forms a horizontal hoe blade A, sharpened along its longi-
tudinal front edge a, for clearing walks etc., and a blade B, extending vertically
from said blade A and having a forward sharpened edge extending forwardly in
an inclined direction and terminating in a rearwardly curved free edge, forming
an inclined cutting point. The blade B, which is intended to trim the edges
of lawns, etc., will thus act to produce a shearing cut, whereby it may be operated
with the greatest ease both when used alone and with the horizontal" blade.
C designates the bail-socket, to which the handle I) is attached. The arm c of
the bail projects inclinatorily downwards and is attached to the upper surface of
the horizontal blade A, preferably at or near the longitudinal centre thereof,
and the arm c of the bail extends approximately in a horizontal line from
said socket and is secured to the blade B at about the centre of the inner surface
of the same.
A device thus constructed, in comparison with those heretofore proposed for
accomplishing the same purposes is simpler in construction in that it dispenses
with one of the vertical blades, and is more rigid in action, as the bail arms
are attached to the vertical and horizontal blades, respectively, in different hori-
zontal planes, and is capable of being operated with greater ease because of the
angles with which the cutting edge of the blade B extends in respect to the cutting
edge of the blade A. Furthermore the construction is advantageous over those
referred to in that the blades may be inverted, as shewn in Fig. 2, and the edge
trimming blade B used alone, in which case the cutting action will be produced
principally if not wholly by the rearwardly curved free cutting edge or point
of said blade B, and the device will operate with greater ease and efficiency than
the hand tools for trimming edges heretofore proposed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:
(1) The hereindescribed combined horizontal hoe and edge-trimmer, consisting
of a horizontal hoe-blade, a vertical edge-trimming blade extending from one end
only of said hoe-blade and having a forwardly inclined cutting edge, and a handle-
bail, one arm of which is attached to said vertical blade, and the other arm to
said horizontal blade, substantially as shewn and described.
(2) The herein described horizontal hoe and edge trimmer, consisting of a
horizontal hoe-blade, a vertical edge-trimming blade extending from one end
of said hoe-blade and having a sharpened longitudinal edge and terminating
in an inclined cutting point, and a handle connected with said horizontal and
vertical blades, substantially as described.
(3) The herein described horizontal hoe and edge-trimmer, consisting of a
horizontal blade, a vertical blade extending from one end of said horizontal blade
and having a forwardly inclined cutting edge and formed with a rounded free

page_text: cutting end, and a handle bail, the arms of which are respectively attached to
said horizontal and vertical blades, in different horizontal planes, substantially as
described and for the purposes set forth.
Datal thi. 17h
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