IMPROVEMENTS IN RAKES FOR REMOVING DAISIES FROM. LAWNS
Year: 1884

page_text: I STEPHEN ROWLAND. Draper Cranleigh Surrey do hereby declare the nature.
of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN RAKES FOR REMOVING DAISIES FROM. LAWNS
to be as follows:-
It consists of piece of Sheet Iron eighteen inches long and six inches from front.
to back, with raised guard, likewise of Sheet Iron, one inch high, forming the back
and sides, the sheet Iron in front is cut into thirty six teeth each two inches long,
there is a Socket fixed to the back part of the piece of Sheet Iron to receive the
handle which is screwed to the socket, it removes the Daisies by being Pushed!
against them, the pushing, in contradistinction to drawing, is an essential part. or
feature of the invention.

page_text: I, STEPHEN ROWLAND, of Cranleigh, in the County of Surrey, Draper, do hereby
declare the nature of my invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN RAKES FOR REMOVING
DAISIES FROM LAWNS and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
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The object of my invention is to provide means whereby daisies may readily be
removed from grass plots or lawns, a characteristic feature of my improved rake or
implement being that it is actuated by pushing it in front of the operator, instead
of (as in rakes hitherto constructed for this purpose) being pulled or drawn towards
the operator.
My invention consists of a receptacle similar in form to a shovel, having a
raised guard all round except at the front edge, where the bottom of the receptacle
is formed with serrations or teeth. The back of the guard is formed with a
socket to receive a handle, which slants upwards, and is suitably shaped at top
to give an easy and firm hold to the operator.
The size of the receptacle may be varied and also the length of the teeth at
its front edge, but a suitable construction consists in a receptacle 18 inches wide
and six inches from front to back, the front edge being provided with about
36 teeth, two inches in length. The teeth are preferably V-shaped, and the
sides of the adjacent teeth join each other.
In the drawing A is the receptacle, B the teeth on the front edge of same,
C the raised guard on the sides and back of such receptacle, and fitted at the
back with a socket D to receive the handle E.
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The whole of the parts may be of iron, steel or other suitable metal, the
handle preferably being tubular, or if desired a wooden handle may be employed.
The rake is operated by placing the bottom of the receptacle A flat on the
surface from which the daisies are to be removed, and then forcing it forward
by pushing on the handle, by which means the heads of the daisies will pass
between the teeth B, and on arriving at the apex of the angle formed by the
adjacent sides of any two teeth, will be cut or torn off, the continued forward
movement of the rake causing them to travel along and collect in the rear part
of the receptacle, the guard C preventing them from falling over the sides or
back of same.
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
The improved rake or implement for removing daisies from grass plots or lawns,
consisting in a receptacle A, with teeth B formed on its front edge, the back and
sides of such receptacle being fitted with a raised guard C, on the back of which
a socket D is provided to receive a suitable handle E, by means of which the
rake or implement is pushed forward by the operator, substantially as described
and shown.
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