US3236036A
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Chain saws
Assignee: NORTHWESTERN MOTOR CO
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Filing: 1962-03-07
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Granted: 1966-02-22
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Expires: 1982-03-07
Abstract
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Inventors
- 👤 Richard W Bailey
- 👤 Maurice S Reid
- 👤 Sigurd A Rishovd
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 15:10
CPC Classifications
A; A01; A01G; A01G3/00; A01G3/08; A01G23/00; A01G23/02; A01G23/08; A01G23/091; B; B27; B27B; B27B17/00; B27B17/0091; B27B17/08
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
244 words
A CUTTER FOR CUTTING BRUSH ALONG A ROAD RITH-OF-WAY AND COMPRISING A VEHICLE MOVABLE ALONG THE ROAD, PLURAL PANTOGRAPHS MOVABLY JOINED END TO END AND FORMING A FRAME MOUNTED AT ONE END ONE BOARD THE VEHICLE FOR HORIZONTAL ROTATIONAL AND FOR LATERAL EXTESION AND RETRACTION OF THE OTHER FRAME END OUTBOARD OF THE VEHICLE, EACH PANTOGRAPH INCLUDING UPPER AND LOWER ARM PIVOTED IN SPACED RELATION FOR SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL MOVEMENT OF THE ARMS RELATIVE TO ONE ANOTHER AS THE FRAME IS EXTENDED AND RETRACTED, MOTOR MEANS ACTING BETWEEN THE PIVOT OF A LOWER ARM AT ONE END AND THE PIVOT OF AN UPPER ARM AT THE OTHER END OF EACH PANTOGRAPH FOR VERTICAL MOVEMENT OF EACH OF THE PANTOGRAPHS FOR EXTENSIONS AND RETRACTION OF THE OUTBOARD FRAME END, MOTOR MEANS ON THE VEHICLE FOR ROTATING THE FRAME HORIZONTALLY, A CHAIN SAW, A SAW CARRIER ASSEMBLY PIVOTALLY SUPPORTED ON THE OUTBOARD END OF THE FRAME FOR MOVABLY MOUNTING THE SAW ON AND POSTIONING THE SAW AT AN ANGLE RELATIVE RELATIVE TO FRAME, MOTOR MEANS CONNECTING THE FRAME WITH THE SAW CARRIER ASSEMBLY FOR VARYING THE ANGLE BETWEN THE FRAME AND THE SAW, MOTOR MEANS MOUNTED ON THE SAW CARRIER ASSEMBLY FOR DRIVING THE SAW CHAIN, AND MEANS FOR INDIVIDUALLY CONTROLLING OPERATION OF THE SEVERAL MOTOR MEANS FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY PLACING THE SAW IN CUTTING POSITION ALONG THE ROAD AT VOLUNTARILY VARIABLE ANGLES TO THE ROAD CENTERLINE IN HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL DIRECTIONS AND FOR DRIVING THE SAW CHAIN.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
244 words
A CUTTER FOR CUTTING BRUSH ALONG A ROAD RITH-OF-WAY AND COMPRISING A VEHICLE MOVABLE ALONG THE ROAD, PLURAL PANTOGRAPHS MOVABLY JOINED END TO END AND FORMING A FRAME MOUNTED AT ONE END ONE BOARD THE VEHICLE FOR HORIZONTAL ROTATIONAL AND FOR LATERAL EXTESION AND RETRACTION OF THE OTHER FRAME END OUTBOARD OF THE VEHICLE, EACH PANTOGRAPH INCLUDING UPPER AND LOWER ARM PIVOTED IN SPACED RELATION FOR SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL MOVEMENT OF THE ARMS RELATIVE TO ONE ANOTHER AS THE FRAME IS EXTENDED AND RETRACTED, MOTOR MEANS ACTING BETWEEN THE PIVOT OF A LOWER ARM AT ONE END AND THE PIVOT OF AN UPPER ARM AT THE OTHER END OF EACH PANTOGRAPH FOR VERTICAL MOVEMENT OF EACH OF THE PANTOGRAPHS FOR EXTENSIONS AND RETRACTION OF THE OUTBOARD FRAME END, MOTOR MEANS ON THE VEHICLE FOR ROTATING THE FRAME HORIZONTALLY, A CHAIN SAW, A SAW CARRIER ASSEMBLY PIVOTALLY SUPPORTED ON THE OUTBOARD END OF THE FRAME FOR MOVABLY MOUNTING THE SAW ON AND POSTIONING THE SAW AT AN ANGLE RELATIVE RELATIVE TO FRAME, MOTOR MEANS CONNECTING THE FRAME WITH THE SAW CARRIER ASSEMBLY FOR VARYING THE ANGLE BETWEN THE FRAME AND THE SAW, MOTOR MEANS MOUNTED ON THE SAW CARRIER ASSEMBLY FOR DRIVING THE SAW CHAIN, AND MEANS FOR INDIVIDUALLY CONTROLLING OPERATION OF THE SEVERAL MOTOR MEANS FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY PLACING THE SAW IN CUTTING POSITION ALONG THE ROAD AT VOLUNTARILY VARIABLE ANGLES TO THE ROAD CENTERLINE IN HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL DIRECTIONS AND FOR DRIVING THE SAW CHAIN.
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