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US 10,440,884 B2Granted
Material collection system tube fastner
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsIvan Jesus Lopez, Juan Luis Lara, Kyle T. Ressler, Allen F. Swan
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Abstract
A material collection system tube fastener includes a mounting rod attached to a material collection system tube. The mounting rod has a first end inserted into a bushing at a first end of a side discharge outlet on a multi-blade mower deck, and a second end engaging a hook at a second end of the side discharge outlet. The mounting rod may pivot in the bushing to move the material collection system tube toward and away from the side discharge outlet.
Claims7
A material collection system tube fastener, comprising:
- a mounting rod attached to a material collection system tube;
- the mounting rod having a first end inserted into a vertically oriented bushing at a first end of a side discharge outlet on a multi-blade mower deck, and a second end engaging a hook at a second end of the side discharge outlet;
- a hinged side discharge chute above the mounting rod, the mounting rod independently pivoting the material collection system tube toward and away from the side discharge outlet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.