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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2000
Filed:
May. 27, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Larry Classen, Norfolk, NE (US);
Assignee:
Classen Enterprises, Inc., Norfolk, NE (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01B / ; A01B / ; A01B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
172 21 ; 172103 ; 172123 ; 172259 ;
Abstract
A turf aerator is provided with two separate shafts, each having a plurality of tines mounted thereon for aerating the turf. Each shaft is selectively connected to an output shaft of a motor mounted on the frame of the aerator by two separate drive trains, each having a clutch arrangement therein. A pair of control levers are mounted on a handle assembly for operating the clutches in each drive train. Thus either or both of the tine carrying shafts may be rotated to facilitate a turning operation of the aerator or facilitating the operation of the aerator while traversing a sloping surface.