Folding handle and clutch control
CA 1057560 A · Owner: Gilson Brothers Company · Inventors: Dupas, Eugene A.; Enters, Edward W.; Davies, John W. (Iii)
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Abstract of the Disclosure A folding tiller handle is made in two pieces connected for limited relative longitudinal and pivotal movement, one piece being a permanent part of the basic tiller assembly. A belt tightening idler sheave is associated with a belt drive which provides the motive force for rotating the tiller tine assembly. A control which includes two separable rigid rod members moves the, idler sheave into and out of tightening engagement with the drive belt. The rods are joined through a connection which imparts rotary motion from one rod to the other and which also permits relative longitudinal movement therebetween to separate the rods. The rods are associated with respective …
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- Granted July 3, 1979. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended July 3, 1996.
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