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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 1982
Filed:
May. 05, 1980
Richard E Pearce, Lincoln, NE (US);
Outboard Marine Corporation, Waukegan, IL (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a sod cutter comprising a frame, wheels for movably supporting the frame for travel over the ground, a stripping blade on the frame for stripping a ribbon of sod in response to travel of the frame along the ground, a cutoff blade, a linkage movably mounting the cutoff blade on the frame for blade movement into the ground to transversely sever the sod ribbon, which linkage includes a cooperating roller on the frame and a follower mounted on the linkage and engageable with the roller for guiding cutoff blade movement in a vertical orientation during blade travel in the vicinity of the ground, and a drive on the frame and connected to the linkage for moving the blade into and out of the ground in response to travel of the frame along the ground.