Patent ID: 8826634

Claim:
A cutting apparatus mounted to a vessel for cutting aquatic vegetation thereby opening a path for a vessel to pass comprising: a) a primary cutting disk assembly mounted to said vessel, wherein said primary cutting disk assembly comprises: i) a primary cutting disk having a front side and a back side and at least one bore extending through said disk; ii) a sprocket attached to said back side of said primary cutting disk; b) at least one ancillary cutting disk assembly rotatably mounted to said primary cutting disk, wherein each of said at least one ancillary cutting disk assembly comprises: i) an ancillary cutting disk having a front side and a back side, wherein said ancillary cutting disk does not extend beyond the outer circumference of said primary cutting disk; ii) a shaft extending from the back side of said ancillary cutting disks, wherein said shaft is rotatably received within said at least one bore extending through said primary cutting disk; iii) a sprocket attached to said shaft; c) a motor having a motor drive shaft; and d) a linkage member for transferring torque from said motor drive shaft to said sprockets.