Patent ID: 6877301

Claim:
An apparatus for finely pulverizing lawn debris, comprising: a. a frame having attached thereto a suction hood, a suction and grinding chamber, a side collection chamber and a plurality of transportation wheels; b. a power source mounted on said suction and grinding chamber, and operably connected to a central drive shaft to provide power for pulverization and distribution of said lawn debris; c. a fan impeller blade mounted on said central drive shaft for drawing said lawn debris through said suction hood and effecting initial pulverization of said lawn debris; d. a grinding blade mounted for rotation on said central shaft for effecting further pulverization of said initially pulverized debris; e. a clutch mounted on said central shaft forming a central shaft extension; f. a distributing plate mounted for rotation on said central shaft extension, said distributing plate having a plurality of inclined apertures therein for dispensing a high velocity stream of said pulverized lawn debris uniformly over a lawn when said distributing plate is rotating; and g. a clutch disengagement means for stopping said rotation of said distributing plate to enable collection of finely pulverized garden debris in said side collection chamber.