Harvesters – Motorized harvester – Including motorized vehicle causing transit of harvester
Patent
1992-12-02
1994-01-11
Bagnell, David J.
Harvesters
Motorized harvester
Including motorized vehicle causing transit of harvester
56DIG22, A01D 3464
Patent
active
052770176
ABSTRACT:
A transformer unit mountable above the cutting deck of a mid-size, walk behind rotary mower, effectively converts the mower into a riding mower. The transformer unit is configured so as to allow an operator to be seated above the cutting deck, while still being able to comfortably control the mower by means of the original operator control handle, which is relocated by the transformer unit to the front end of the mower. The transformer unit comprises a support frame which is affixed to a cutting deck support structure. The support frame includes a vertically tiltable floor unit that extends over the top of cutting deck. An auxiliary operator control handle attachment fixture is mounted to the forward end of the support frame adjacent to the front end of the mower and is configured to engage and support the operator control handle, such that the operator control handle extends above the cutting deck adjacent to a position where the operator is to be situated. A set of auxiliary control links is retained by the support frame for reconnecting control elements of the repositioned operator control handle with mower drive and steering components. An operator seat fixture is mounted to a rear end of the tiltable floor unit of the support frame, so as to enable an operator to be seated atop the mower directly behind the repositioned operator control handle and thereby comfortably control the operation of the mower from a `driving` position, as opposed to a walk or ride behind position.
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Bagnell David J.
Wands Charles E.
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