Allen R Furnish

US Patent:

20030051348, Mar 20, 2003

Filed:

Sep 20, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/957366

Inventors:

Allen Furnish - Puyallup WA, US

International Classification:

B25F003/00

US Classification:

030/124000, 030/276000, 030/133000

Abstract:

A cutting blade () is secured to the lower end of a flexible drive shaft (). Drive shaft () extends from the blade () upwardly through a tubular handle ().The upper end of the drive shaft () is connected to the output of a drive motor (). The cutting blade () is within a housing () having a bottom opening () and three lower side openings (). A cutting blade () includes a pair of section vanes () which when the cutting blade ) is rotating serve to pull air into the housing () through the lower sidewall openings (). The moving air picks up the cuttings and moves them rearwardly into a cuttings bag () which is connected to and supported from a rear portion of the housing ().