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Brush and tree clearing, disintegrating and masticating machine

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1960-06-16
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Granted: 1964-02-25
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Expires: 1980-06-16
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Abstract

No abstract record available.

Inventors

  • 👤 Harris Fitzhugh Lee

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-01 17:52
CPC Classifications
A; A01; A01G; A01G23/00; A01G23/02; A01G23/08; A01G23/093

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 619 words
A MACHINE FOR MOVEMENT OVER THE TERRAIN TO CLEAR, DISINTEGRATE, AND MASTICATE GROWING VEGETATION SUCH AS BRUSH, TREES, AND THE LIKE, WHICH MACHINE COMPRISES: (A) A PAIR OF SPACED APART, UPRIGHT, SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL SIDE PLATES, (B) A COVER PLATE EXTENDING BETWEEN AND BEING CONNECTED TO SAID SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL SIDE PLATES AT THE RESPECTIVE UPPER EDGES THEREOF, (C) A TRANSVERSE, INWARDLY FACING CONCAVE, ARCUATE, METAL PLATE EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL SIDE PLATES NEAR ADJACENT ENDS THEREOF AND BEING SECURED THERETO AND TO SAID COVER PLATE TO FORM A HOUSING, WHICH HOUSING HAS AN OPEN LOWER SIDE AND AN OPEN THROAT, WHICH OPEN THROAT IS OPPOSITE SAID TRANSVERSE, INWARDLY FACING CONCAVE, ARCUATE, METAL PLATE, (1) SAID TRANSVERSE, INWARDLY FACING CONCAVE, ARCUATE METAL PLATE HAVING SPACED APART HOLES FORMED THEREIN ON THE LOWER SIDE THEREOF, (2) A ROW OF SPACED APART, INWARDLY EXTENDING TEETH SECURED TO SAID TRANSVERSE, INWARDLY FACING CONCAVE, ARCUATE METAL PLATE AND LYING IN A PLANE AT A HIGHER ELEVATION THAN THE HOLES IN SAID TRANSVERSE, INWARDLY FACING CONCAVE ARCUATE METAL PLATE, (D) WHEEL SUPPORT MEMBERS SECURED TO SAID HOUSING NEAR EACH END OF SAID TRANSVERSE, INWARDLY FACING CONCAVE, ARCUATE, METAL PLATE, (E) HOUSING SUPPORT WHEELS MOUNTED ON SAID WHEEL SUPPORT MEMBERS TO ENGAGE THE TERRAIN, (F) MEANS ADJUSTABLY INTERCONNECTING SAID WHEEL SUPPORT MEMBERS AND SAID HOUSING TO MOVE SAID WHEELS RELATIVE TO THE END OF SAID HOUSING MOUNTING SAID TRANSVERSE, INWARDLY FACING CONCAVE, ARCUATE, METAL PLATE, (G) POWER MEANS OPERABLY CONNECTED WITH SAID HOUSING TO MOVE SAID HOUSING OVER THE TERRAIN ON SAID SUPPORT WHEELS WITH THE OPEN THROAT OF SAID HOUSING FACING IN THE LINE OF MOVEMENT THEREOF, (H) A FIRST ROTATABLE MEMBER ROTATABLY MOUNTED IN SAID HOUSING TRANSVERSELY THEREOF AND OF THE LINE OF MOVEMENT OF SAID HOUSING, (1) A PLURALITY OF EDGED CUTTER TEETH SECURED TO SAID FIRST ROTATABLE MEMBER AT SPACED APART INTERVALS ALONG THE LENGTH THEREOF AND EXTENDING OUTWARDLY THEREFROM, WHICH CUTTER TEETH ARE CIRCUMFERENTIALLY SPACED AROUND SAID FIRST ROTATABLE MEMBER, (2) A BAR SECURED TO THE COVER PLATE OF SAID HOUSING AND EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY TO BE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE DISTAL END OF EACH SAID CUTTER TOOTH AS SAID ROTATABLE MEMBER ROTATES, (I) A SECOND ROTATABLE MEMBER ROTATABLY MOUNTED IN SAID HOUSING AND BEING PARALLEL TO SAID FIRST ROTATABLE MEMBER, AND BEING SPACED THEREFROM, (1) A PLURALITY OF EDGED CUTTER TEETH SECURED TO SAID SECOND ROTATABLE MEMBER AT SPACED APART INTERVALS ALONG THE LENGTH THEREOF AND EXTENDING OUTWARDLY THEREFROM, WHICH CUTTER TEETH ARE CIRCUMFERENTIALLY SPACED AROUND SAID SECOND ROTATABLE MEMBER, (2) A PLURALITY OF ABUTMENTS SECURED TO THE COVER PLATE OF SAID HOUSING AND EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY THEREFROM BETWEEN CERTAIN OF SAID TEETH WHEN SAID ROTATABLE MEMBER CARRYING SAID TEETH IS ROTATED, (3) THE AXIS OF SAID SECOND ROTATABLE MEMBER LYING IN A LOWER HORIZONTAL PLANE THAN THE AXIS OF SAID FIRST ROTATABLE MEMBER, (J) A THIRD ROTATABLE MEMBER ROTATABLY MOUNTED IN SAID HOUSING AND BEING PARALLEL TO SAID FIRST ROTATABLE MEMBER, AND BEING SPACED THEREFROM AND FROM SAID SECOND ROTATABLE MEMBER, (1) A PLURALITY OF TEETH SECURED TO SAID THIRD ROTATABLE MEMBER AT SPACED APART INTERVALS ALONG THE LENGTH THEREOF AND EXTENDING OUTWARDLY THEREFROM, WHICH CUTTER TEETH ARE CIRCUMFERENTIALLY SPACED AROUND SAID THIRD ROTATABLE MEMBER, (2) A PLURALITY OF SPACED APART, ANGULARLY POSITIONED STATIONARY BARS SECURED TO SAID TRANSVERSE, INWARDLY FACING CONCAVE, ARCUATE, METAL PLATE ALONG THE LENGTH THEREOF, WHICH STATIONARY BARS LIE IN PLANES PASSING TRANSVERSELY THROUGH THE AXIS OF SAID THIRD ROTATABLE MEMBER AND BEING IN POSITION TO EXTEND BETWEEN SAID TEETH ON SAID THIRD ROTATABLE MEMBER, WHEN SAID THIRD ROTATABLE MEMBER CARRYING SAID TEETH IS ROTATED, AND (K) MEANS CONNECTED IN DRIVING RELATION TO SAID ROTATABLE MEMBERS TO ROTATE ALL SAID MEMBERS SIMULTANEOUSLY IN THE SAME DIRECTION.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 619 words
A MACHINE FOR MOVEMENT OVER THE TERRAIN TO CLEAR, DISINTEGRATE, AND MASTICATE GROWING VEGETATION SUCH AS BRUSH, TREES, AND THE LIKE, WHICH MACHINE COMPRISES: (A) A PAIR OF SPACED APART, UPRIGHT, SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL SIDE PLATES, (B) A COVER PLATE EXTENDING BETWEEN AND BEING CONNECTED TO SAID SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL SIDE PLATES AT THE RESPECTIVE UPPER EDGES THEREOF, (C) A TRANSVERSE, INWARDLY FACING CONCAVE, ARCUATE, METAL PLATE EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL SIDE PLATES NEAR ADJACENT ENDS THEREOF AND BEING SECURED THERETO AND TO SAID COVER PLATE TO FORM A HOUSING, WHICH HOUSING HAS AN OPEN LOWER SIDE AND AN OPEN THROAT, WHICH OPEN THROAT IS OPPOSITE SAID TRANSVERSE, INWARDLY FACING CONCAVE, ARCUATE, METAL PLATE, (1) SAID TRANSVERSE, INWARDLY FACING CONCAVE, ARCUATE METAL PLATE HAVING SPACED APART HOLES FORMED THEREIN ON THE LOWER SIDE THEREOF, (2) A ROW OF SPACED APART, INWARDLY EXTENDING TEETH SECURED TO SAID TRANSVERSE, INWARDLY FACING CONCAVE, ARCUATE METAL PLATE AND LYING IN A PLANE AT A HIGHER ELEVATION THAN THE HOLES IN SAID TRANSVERSE, INWARDLY FACING CONCAVE ARCUATE METAL PLATE, (D) WHEEL SUPPORT MEMBERS SECURED TO SAID HOUSING NEAR EACH END OF SAID TRANSVERSE, INWARDLY FACING CONCAVE, ARCUATE, METAL PLATE, (E) HOUSING SUPPORT WHEELS MOUNTED ON SAID WHEEL SUPPORT MEMBERS TO ENGAGE THE TERRAIN, (F) MEANS ADJUSTABLY INTERCONNECTING SAID WHEEL SUPPORT MEMBERS AND SAID HOUSING TO MOVE SAID WHEELS RELATIVE TO THE END OF SAID HOUSING MOUNTING SAID TRANSVERSE, INWARDLY FACING CONCAVE, ARCUATE, METAL PLATE, (G) POWER MEANS OPERABLY CONNECTED WITH SAID HOUSING TO MOVE SAID HOUSING OVER THE TERRAIN ON SAID SUPPORT WHEELS WITH THE OPEN THROAT OF SAID HOUSING FACING IN THE LINE OF MOVEMENT THEREOF, (H) A FIRST ROTATABLE MEMBER ROTATABLY MOUNTED IN SAID HOUSING TRANSVERSELY THEREOF AND OF THE LINE OF MOVEMENT OF SAID HOUSING, (1) A PLURALITY OF EDGED CUTTER TEETH SECURED TO SAID FIRST ROTATABLE MEMBER AT SPACED APART INTERVALS ALONG THE LENGTH THEREOF AND EXTENDING OUTWARDLY THEREFROM, WHICH CUTTER TEETH ARE CIRCUMFERENTIALLY SPACED AROUND SAID FIRST ROTATABLE MEMBER, (2) A BAR SECURED TO THE COVER PLATE OF SAID HOUSING AND EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY TO BE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE DISTAL END OF EACH SAID CUTTER TOOTH AS SAID ROTATABLE MEMBER ROTATES, (I) A SECOND ROTATABLE MEMBER ROTATABLY MOUNTED IN SAID HOUSING AND BEING PARALLEL TO SAID FIRST ROTATABLE MEMBER, AND BEING SPACED THEREFROM, (1) A PLURALITY OF EDGED CUTTER TEETH SECURED TO SAID SECOND ROTATABLE MEMBER AT SPACED APART INTERVALS ALONG THE LENGTH THEREOF AND EXTENDING OUTWARDLY THEREFROM, WHICH CUTTER TEETH ARE CIRCUMFERENTIALLY SPACED AROUND SAID SECOND ROTATABLE MEMBER, (2) A PLURALITY OF ABUTMENTS SECURED TO THE COVER PLATE OF SAID HOUSING AND EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY THEREFROM BETWEEN CERTAIN OF SAID TEETH WHEN SAID ROTATABLE MEMBER CARRYING SAID TEETH IS ROTATED, (3) THE AXIS OF SAID SECOND ROTATABLE MEMBER LYING IN A LOWER HORIZONTAL PLANE THAN THE AXIS OF SAID FIRST ROTATABLE MEMBER, (J) A THIRD ROTATABLE MEMBER ROTATABLY MOUNTED IN SAID HOUSING AND BEING PARALLEL TO SAID FIRST ROTATABLE MEMBER, AND BEING SPACED THEREFROM AND FROM SAID SECOND ROTATABLE MEMBER, (1) A PLURALITY OF TEETH SECURED TO SAID THIRD ROTATABLE MEMBER AT SPACED APART INTERVALS ALONG THE LENGTH THEREOF AND EXTENDING OUTWARDLY THEREFROM, WHICH CUTTER TEETH ARE CIRCUMFERENTIALLY SPACED AROUND SAID THIRD ROTATABLE MEMBER, (2) A PLURALITY OF SPACED APART, ANGULARLY POSITIONED STATIONARY BARS SECURED TO SAID TRANSVERSE, INWARDLY FACING CONCAVE, ARCUATE, METAL PLATE ALONG THE LENGTH THEREOF, WHICH STATIONARY BARS LIE IN PLANES PASSING TRANSVERSELY THROUGH THE AXIS OF SAID THIRD ROTATABLE MEMBER AND BEING IN POSITION TO EXTEND BETWEEN SAID TEETH ON SAID THIRD ROTATABLE MEMBER, WHEN SAID THIRD ROTATABLE MEMBER CARRYING SAID TEETH IS ROTATED, AND (K) MEANS CONNECTED IN DRIVING RELATION TO SAID ROTATABLE MEMBERS TO ROTATE ALL SAID MEMBERS SIMULTANEOUSLY IN THE SAME DIRECTION.

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