Mower reel grinding system using predetermined bracket positions
AssigneeFoley-Belsaw Company
InventorsGregory A. Veenendall, Andrew R. Chollett
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Abstract
A mower reel grinding apparatus for a plurality of type of mower units, the apparatus including an enclosure including a plurality of predetermined fixed positions, each predetermined fixed position corresponding to at least one type of mower unit of the plurality of mower units, a grinding wheel, and a bracket to receive and releasably secure to a predetermined location on any one of the plurality of types of mower units, the bracket moveable to the predetermined fixed position corresponding to the type of mower unit releasably secured thereto such that a cutting reel of the mower unit is positioned at a desired position relative to the grinding wheel.
Claims12
A mower reel grinding apparatus for a plurality of type of mower units, the apparatus comprising:
- an enclosure including a plurality of predetermined fixed positions, each predetermined fixed position corresponding to at least one type of mower unit of the plurality of mower units;
- a grinding wheel;
- a bracket to receive and releasably secure to a predetermined location on any one of the plurality of types of mower units, the bracket moveable to the predetermined fixed position corresponding to the type of mower unit releasably secured thereto such that a cutting reel of the mower unit is positioned at a desired position relative to the grinding wheel;
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- a securing mechanism to secure the bracket at any of the predetermined fixed positions, the securing mechanism comprising a position selector including a spring-loaded pin to extend into one of a plurality of openings in the enclosure, each opening corresponding to a different one of the plurality of predetermined fixed positions.
A mower reel grinding apparatus comprising:
- at least one bracket to releasably secure to any one of a plurality of types of mower units such that a cutting reel of a mower unit secured thereto is positioned at a desired grinding position along a positioning axis;
- a traverse base assembly on which a grinder having a shaft for a grinding wheel is mounted, the traverse base having a first end mounted to a pivot and an opposing second end horizontally moveable along the positioning axis and vertically moveable perpendicularly to the positioning axis via an adjustment assembly to enable the grinder shaft to be paralleled to a rotational shaft of the cutting reel;
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- an electronic display to provide visual indication when the grinding shaft is vertically paralleled with the rotational shaft and when the grinding shaft is horizontally paralleled with the rotational shaft.
A mower reel grinding apparatus for a plurality of type of mower units, the apparatus comprising:
- an enclosure;
- a grinding wheel;
- a moveable bracket to releasably secure to a predetermined location on any one of the plurality of types of mower units
- a plurality of openings in the enclosure, each opening dispose at a predetermined fixed position and corresponding to at least one type of mower unit of the plurality of mower units.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.