IP Library Granted Patent US 8,714,277
Granted Patent B2
US 8,714,277 · App. 13/255,604 · Granted May 6, 2014

Tool for engagement in the ground

Inventor: Hans Lindh (Stockholm, SE)
Assignee: Hesselman & Lindh AB
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Patent No.
US 8,714,277
App. No.
13/255,604
Granted
May 6, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

Tool ( 1 ) for engagement in the ground including a holding portion ( 9 ) for turning of the tool around an axis of rotation ( 3 ), wherein an engagement portion ( 2 ) has a plurality of cutting blades ( 4 ) extending in directions from the holding portion ( 9 ) and being distributed around the axis of rotation ( 3 ) for pressing down into and engagement with the ground, said cutting blades each having a proximal end ( 5 ) and a distal free end ( 6 ). The cutting blades ( 4 ) have a respective front edge ( 7 ), for cutting action against the ground and a respective rear edge ( 8 ), wherein points on the front edges ( 7 ) are positioned at a greater distance from the axis of rotation ( 3 ) than points on the rear edges ( 8 ), and the cutting blades ( 4 ) are angled such that a distal portion of each rear edge is positioned in front of as seen in the turning direction (v), and essentially at the same distance from the axis of rotation ( 3 ) as a proximal portion thereof.

Claims (14)

1. Tool for engagement in the ground including a holding portion for maneuvering an engagement portion during turning of the tool around an axis of rotation extending through the holding portion and the engagement portion, wherein the engagement portion has a plurality of cutting blades extending in directions from the holding portion and being distributed around the axis of rotation for pressing down into and engagement with the ground, said cutting blades each having a proximal end closes closest to the holding portion and a distal free end, at the greatest distance from the holding portion, wherein the cutting blades have a respective front edge, as seen in a turning direction when turning around the axis of rotation, for cutting action against the ground and a respective rear edge, wherein points on the front edges are positioned at a greater distance from the axis of rotation than points on the rear edges, and wherein the cutting blades are angled such that a distal portion of each rear edge is positioned in front of, as seen in the turning direction, and essentially at the same distance from the axis of rotation as a proximal portion thereof.

2. Tool according to claim 1 , wherein each front edge has an even forwardly extending curve.

3. Tool according to claim 1 , wherein the cutting blades have an arch-shaped cross-section.

4. Tool according to claim 1 , wherein the engagement portion in association with the proximal ends of the cutting blades has a leveling surface portion which is rounded and positioned there between and extending inwardly towards the axis of rotation.

5. Tool according to claim 1 , wherein the ratio between the distance between points positioned on the front edge and the axis of rotation and the distance between point position on the rear edge and the axis of rotation is from about 5/4 to about 2/1 as seen in a section centrally between the proximal and distal ends of the cutting blades.

6. Tool according to claim 1 , wherein it is a tool for the repair of divots on golf greens.

7. Tool according to claim 6 , wherein the distance between the distal end of a cutting blade and the axis of rotation is about 6-11 mm and that the length of the cutting blades is about 16-30 mm.

8. Tool according to claim 6 , wherein the cutting blades are angled between about 5° and 15° in respect of the axis of rotation.

9. Tool according to claim 6 , wherein the tool is essentially plate-shaped with angled cutting blades.

10. Tool according to claim 1 , wherein it is a tool for extracting weed roots.

11. Tool according to claim 10 , wherein the distance between the distal end of a cutting blade and the axis of rotation is about 6-30 mm and that the length of the cutting blade is about 50-200 mm.

12. Tool according to claim 1 , wherein the tool comprises a holding portion in the form of a handle which is transverse to the axis of rotation.

13. Tool according to claim 10 , wherein an intermediate portion connects to the holding portion, which passes over to the engagement portion.

14. Tool according to claim 10 , wherein the cutting blades are angled between 1° and 12° in respect of the axis of rotation.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 3, 2018
From: LINDH INVENTA AB
To: HUSQVARNA AB
Reel/Frame 046256/0941 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 3, 2018
From: HESSELMAN & LINDH AB
To: LINDH INVENTA AB
Reel/Frame 046470/0903 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 5, 2011
From: LINDH, HANS
To: HESSELMAN & LINDH AB
Reel/Frame 027020/0763 →
Priority Claims (1)
SE 0900314 · Mar 11, 2009 · national
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61176188 · May 7, 2009
Related Publication 20120040779A1 · Feb 16, 2012