Name/Title
Patent 1185Entry/Object ID
2025.3.9Tags
1800s, british, patent summary, shears, garden, shanksDescription
1185. Shanks, J. May 11. [Letters Patent void for want of Final Specification.]
Shears. -- A machine for trimming the edges of grass or turf has a cast-iron frame with handles, and is fitted with a roller keyed to a shaft, and, one or more small rollers on a shaft which can slide in slots to adjust and steady the machine. A toothed wheel on the rear shaft gears with a pinion on a countershaft carrying an eccentric or the like actuating arm of a pair of edging shears through a connecting-rod. The shears may be adjusted by levers or screws. The machine may also be fitted with the ordinary knives of a reaping or mowing machine having a perpendicular, horizontal, or rotary action; or it may be combined with a lawn-mower.Cataloged By
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