GB776765A - Improvements in or relating to manually operable wheeled implements for turf management - Google Patents

Abstract

776,765. Implements for turf management. HARGREAVES & CO., Ltd., W. Jan. 11, 1955 [Oct. 15, 1953 ; May 19, 1954], Nos. 28437/53 and 14646/54. Class 6(1). A manually operable wheeled implement for use in turf management comprises handle means pivotally mounted on the chassis of the implement so as to be capable of location over either end of the chassis relative to the tool. As shown in Fig. 1, the implement comprises a wheeled V-shaped chassis 10, the open end of which is adapted to carry a working tool 25 and which further supports two uprights 13 pivotally secured to a V-shaped arm 14 connected to the handle 16 of the device. Brackets 17, fixed to the handle, slidably support the closed end of a V-shaped member 18, the free ends of which pass through apertures in the arm 14 and engage any of a plurality of holes in arched frames 21 fixed to the chassis 10, thereby enabling the alteration of the position of the handle relative to the chassis and the variation of the pressure exerted on the working tool. In the modification shown in Fig. 11, the implement comprises handle means 45 pivotally secured to the side frames 42 of the chassis and held in various positions relative to the chassis by means of a spring such as that shown in Fig. 16. The portion 47 of the spring passes through the handle and the inwardly turned ends 50 engage notches 51, 52 or 53 in the side frames. The notches 55 and 56 together with the spring 57 to be found at the rear of each side frame form part of the means for mounting on the device working tools such as those described in Specifications 776,766 and 776,767.