Harvesters – Motorized harvester
Patent
1994-08-17
1996-01-16
Britts, Ramon S.
Harvesters
Motorized harvester
56 116, 563201, A01D 3500
Patent
active
054837871
ABSTRACT:
An auxiliary blade apparatus for connecting to a lawn mower having an engine, a mower blade, a mower deck over the mower blade having side edges, a mower drive shaft extending from the mower blade to a mower blade drive element drivably connected to the engine, the auxiliary blade apparatus includes an auxiliary blade support structure pivotally connected to the lawn mower, to pivot upward to permit the mower to pass through a narrow gate in a yard fence, and downward to extend the width of the cutting area of the mower to widen the path the mower can cut, and an auxiliary blade fastened to an auxiliary drive shaft extending through the auxiliary blade support structure and fastened to an auxiliary drive element connected to the mower blade drive element. The auxiliary blade support structure preferably includes an auxiliary deck pivotally joined to one of the mower deck side edges. Where the mower drive element includes a mower drive pulley and a mower drive belt riding on the mower pulley and drivably connected to the mower engine, and where the auxiliary drive element includes an auxiliary drive pulley and an auxiliary drive belt riding on the auxiliary drive pulley, the apparatus includes a double pulley for replacing the mower drive pulley to simultaneously carry the mower drive belt and the auxiliary drive belt.
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Britts Ramon S.
Kubler Frank L.
O'Connor Pamela A.
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