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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 1989
Filed:
Nov. 29, 1988
Alan J Yoder, Oskaloosa, IA (US);
Vermeer Manufacturing Co., Pella, IA (US);
Abstract
The guard unit for the cutter wheel of a stump removing machine has an upper member pivotally mounted on the machine for up and down pivotal movement, within defined limits, to maintain a shield member in a continuous covering clearance with the cutter wheel during a stump removal operation. A bottom member of the guard unit has a central portion and outwardly and upwardly inclined end portions. The central portion is rideable on the top surface of a stump during a cutting movement laterally of the stump and on a reversal of the lateral cutting movement an end portion is engageable with an edge portion of the top surface to position the central portion on the stump top surface.