Harvesters – Gang – Rotating cutting reel
Patent
1997-02-07
1999-02-02
Eldred, J. Woodrow
Harvesters
Gang
Rotating cutting reel
56249, 562495, 56289, A01D 7530
Patent
active
058650164
ABSTRACT:
A latch mechanism which facilities installation and removal of a reel space type cutting head of a gang mower. The latch mechanism includes horizontal slots formed in the vertical plates of a pull frame. The horizontal slots receive bushings attached to the cutting head assembly. When the bushings engage the horizontal slots, locking plates are rotated to engage a horizontal crossrod and fixed in place so that the cutting head is locked in position to the pull frame. The cutting head can similarly be removed from the pull frame by moving the locking plates from a locked to an unlocked position, thereby opening the horizontal slots so that the bushings of the cutting head can be removed.
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Eldred J. Woodrow
Ransomes America Corporation
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