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Prior to my invention of this blade, the state-of-the-art technology for blackberry removal included various single plane cutting blades of different types and large complicated blades not suitable for smaller trimmers nor easily manufactured. It was clear that something new was needed. Previously available technologies only provided one cutting plane to unwanted brush creating further need for a very difficult clean-up.
I constructed this multiple planed cutting blade to be able to cut blackberries and other suitable plants on the side stroke, down stroke and up stroke of the brush cutter. Taking multiple cuts per rotation mulches blackberries and other suitable vegetation. My trimmer attachment mulches unwanted vegetation for easy raking up or leaving in place as mulch, as the user sees fit.
Figure one is top view of invention showing the center hole for placement on the arbor of the trimmer and the splits that enable the blade to be separated into two bladelets on different planes which are sharpened on their cutting edges.
Figure two is a drawing of the side view of the invention showing the ninety degree separation of the bladelets described in the previous explanation.
The invention is manufactured by taking an approximate 8″×2″×⅛″ suitable piece of steel, placing a 1″ diameter hole in the exact center for balance, drilling two ¼″ relief holes 1″ from each end in exact center, and placing a cut down center of both ends of blade up to the relief hole. This creates the 1″×1″ bladelets that are radius-bent to approximately forty-five degrees from the plane of the original blade both up and down creating a ninety degree deflection from each other. Bladelets are then sharpened on both sides to make the blade reversible. To use, install as any ordinary trimmer blade.