Harvesters – Cutting – Rotating cutting-reel type
Patent
1992-06-05
1993-09-07
Suchfield, George A.
Harvesters
Cutting
Rotating cutting-reel type
56 171, 56 172, 563201, A01D 3454
Patent
active
052418103
ABSTRACT:
A mechanism for adjusting the height at which vegetation is cut by a reel mower cutting unit, including a plurality of rack members each coupled with a respective corner of the cutting unit frame, the rack members each having a plurality of teeth vertically arranged, a plurality of bracket members coupled with ground engaging roller means, each of the bracket members having a plurality of generally vertically arranged teeth engagable with the teeth of a respective rack member for generally preventing vertical shifting of the bracket member with respect to the rack member and cutting unit, and for setting the vertical position of the cutting unit with respect to the ground engaging roller means, thereby setting the height at which vegetation is cut by the cutting unit, and means for individually fine adjusting the vertical position of each rack member with respect to the cutting unit, for fine adjusting the height at which vegetation is cut and for leveling the cutting unit in both the lateral and fore and aft directions.
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Deere & Company
Suchfield George A.
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