Harvesters – Gang – Rotating cutting reel
Patent
1995-01-10
1996-03-12
Melius, Terry Lee
Harvesters
Gang
Rotating cutting reel
56249, 56294, H01D 7530
Patent
active
054976030
ABSTRACT:
A gang mower for garden tractors includes a frame, a hitch and either three, five or seven reel-type mower units attached to the frame. The frame is attached to each of the mower units higher than the rear roller axis of the mower unit, lower than the forward wheel axis of the mower unit and a sufficient distance away from the forward axis that a majority of the frame's weight is supported by the rollers rather than the forward wheels of the reel-type mowers. In action, the frame pushes the reel-type mowers forward when the frame is pulled forward by a garden tractor. The attachment and distribution of weight assures that the rear rollers of each of the individual mower units is always in contact with the ground. At the same time, the forward drive wheels are leveraged downward in order to insure sufficient friction to turn the mower blades without the inclusion of unnecessary and undesirable weight. In one aspect of the invention the outer mower units and hitch can be pivoted to an upright stowed position to facilitate storage of the gang mower in a relatively small space. This pivoting aspect of the frame along with the pivoting attachment of the individual mower units to the frame allows the gang mower to hug the contour of the ground.
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Chun Shackelford Heather
Melius Terry Lee
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