Mcgraw-Edison Company

Benchmark Tool Company

Shopsmith, Inc.

Edward A Irelan

John G Legler

Larry D Annis

Robert L Bartlett

Michael J Duwell

Harold E Folkerth

Garry W Woods

Max K Haenel

William Frederick Robotham

John W Walch

David W Dorheim

Saw table

Planer

Bench sander

Housing for drill press

Housing for a bench top band saw

Handle for a garden hedge shear or the like

Handle for a cordless electric lawn edger, trimmer or similar article

Handle for a garden lopping shear or the like

A grass trimmer includes a housing having a lower base wall from which extends a hub member of a predetermined height coupled to a motor encased in the housing, which motor drives the hub member rotatably. A cutting line element is attached to the hub member. A rim extends outwardly from the housing about the perimeter of the base wall. A first rim portion is of a height greater than the hub member and includes first and second spaced mounting ears extending therefrom toward the hub member. A protective shield designed for mounting on the housing in spaced relation from the base wall, is planar and of a similar shape to the base wall. The shield includes first and second tab and shoulder assemblies located for cooperation with the ears on the rim portion of the housing. Joining the last mentioned assemblies and respective ears attaches the shield to the trimmer housing. A resilient locking lever arm provided on the shield cooperates with a locking rib formed on the rim portion of the housing upon engagement of the tab and shoulder assemblies and mounting ears to removably lock the shield to the housing. The shield prevents the hub member from being driven into the grass during operation of the trimmer, thereby preventing damage to the motor driving the hub member. An aperture in the protective shield permits easy attachment of cutting line elements to the hub member without removing the shield.

Shield for grass trimmer

Electric grass trimmer housing

This invention teaches a dolly device and its separable connection to a normally portable hand-held electric power grass trimmer for converting same for standup operation. The dolly has a base plate with spaced upstanding arms supporting at the upper ends inwardly extended tabs and these tabs fit within recesses in the opposite side walls of the tool housing, and a lock mounted on the dolly base plate can be easily moved against the bias of a spring to fit into a recess in the rear wall of the tool housing.

Standup operated portable hand grass trimmer

This invention teaches a convertible portable electric tool having a common power housing and different operating tool output pieces which can be releasably secured to said power housing without the need of any tools. Each of the tool output pieces has a stationary element and a movable element supported by the stationary element. The power housing has an exposed drive element which can cooperate with and drive the movable element when the statonary element is properly positioned relative to the housing. The stationary element in turn is sized to cooperate with the housing to cover the exposed drive element and be accurately positioned and held in place against the housing. Flexible fingers cantilevered integrally from the housing have free end flexture parallel to the stationary element, and further have projections on the finger ends that interlock with the positioned stationary element to hold it operatively in place relative to the housing. Exposed grip areas on the flexible fingers allow for manually flexing of the fingers to lock and release the tool output piece.

Convertible portable electric tool

Growing community of inventors

Columbia, MO, United States of America

Edward A Irelan