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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 1991
Filed:
Nov. 08, 1989
Applicant:
Inventor:
John W Hopkins, Charlotte, NC (US);
Assignee:
Textron, Inc., Providence, RI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D / ; A01D / ; A47L / ; B02C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
56 133 ; 56 166 ; 56 139 ; 56202 ; 56DI / ; 15330 ; 241 56 ; 2411017 ; 2412921 ;
Abstract
A shredder attachment for use with lawn machines having vacuum or fan movement of shreddable material. The attachment comprises a frame suitably sized and shaped to be substantially mounted inside a conduit of a lawn machine. The attachment further comprises a cutter for cutting material passing through the conduit and a motor for driving the cutter. The attachment can be used in such lawn machines as a discharge conduit for a riding mower bagging system, an auxiliary cutter for a walk behind mower or a hand-held leaf vacuum.