FR2568744A3 - Hand weeder - Google Patents

Abstract

The tool presented relates to gardening and horticulture. In rainy periods, gardens or parks are infested with weeds. The state of the ground or the lack of room makes it impossible to carry out grubbing work with a motorised implement; the tool presented makes it possible to keep parks and gardens in a permanent state of cleanliness. There is, therefore, at the end of a long handle, a master tool composed of a series of conical cutting teeth of inverted shape and of suitable dimensions which, by means of a to-and-fro motion, cut or tear out by wedging all undesirable plants. This tool can take various shapes according to the work to be carried out. If equipped with two cutting heads, it can even cut the roots under the surface of the ground in loose soil.

Description

 It is a Gardening tool. As far as I know, there is no real hand weeder in the trade.

The apparatus presented allows the de-broussllage or the fast weeding of the small surfaoes, in the gardens in particular. It is especially useful in places inaccessible to engines, under trees or shrubs between plants or vegetables, in roses, etc.

On loose soil, it cuts the roots below the soil surface. It is the essential tool for gardeners.

 It has a series of conical, sharp points, of shape, length and width suitable for the work to be carried out.

Equipped with a long handle, it works at an angle of about 450 relative to the ground. Animated back and forth, it cuts or tears by jamming by pulling towards you. Then, it releases its points from itself by its forward movement; the teeth being freed from deohets by pressing on the ground.

 The typical tool measures approximately 20 cm in width. It has ten trSiangular teeth 2 cm wide by 4 to 5 cm deep, cut bevel in a hardened or hardened steel plate to avoid twisting, and very thin (2 mm approximately) to increase the efficiency and ease of penetration.

 The cutting edge located above can also be placed below.

The main part is connected to the manohe by a thin and free rod to avoid stuffing and reduce the effort to provide.

 Tools of all sizes can be made, the number, shape, length and angle of the teeth can vary depending on the work to be done.

 In loose or sandy soils, the roots can be cut below the soil surface using a two-edged tool, working from both sides, front and rear.

Claims (2)

 R E V E N D I C A T I O N S  (About 2 mm) in which are cut conical, sharp points about 2 cm wide by 4 to 5 cm long.  characterized by a thin and treated steel plate  in corners inaccessible to the engine  4 Hand tool for clearing and weeding gardens and parks, This piece mounted on a long handle and making an angle of about 450 with the ground works back and forth. The number, shape, length and angle of the teeth may vary depending on the work to be done.  The cutting edge, placed on it can reverse but is less effective. 2 - Device according to claim I,  Characterized by the same tool but with two cutting edges, it allows cutting  the roots below the surface of the soil in loose soil.