Mower reel grinding system with rotating rear brackets
AssigneeFoley United LLC
InventorsGregory Veenendall, Matthew Thomford
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Abstract
A mower reel grinding system a plurality of mower unit types, including a grinding wheel shaft, the grinding wheel shaft at a fixed position in an x-y plane. A mounting plate includes a number of predetermined fixed mounting positions on the mounting plate, each predetermined fixed mounting positions corresponding to at least one type of mower unit of the plurality of mower unit types, a mounting bracket to receive a mower unit, the mounting bracket selectively moveable to the predetermined fixed position corresponding to the mower unit type to be received thereby, and a pivot point about which the mounting plate rotates to adjust a position of the mounting bracket in the x-y plane relative to the grinding wheel shaft.
Claims15
A mower reel grinding system for a plurality of mower unit types, comprising:
- a grinding wheel shaft, the grinding wheel shaft at a fixed and non-adjustable position in an x-y plane and adjustable only in a x-z plane perpendicular to the x-y plane;
- a mounting plate including:
- a number of predetermined fixed mounting positions on the mounting plate, each predetermined fixed mounting positions corresponding to at least one type of mower unit of the plurality of mower unit types;
- a mounting bracket to receive a mower unit, the mounting bracket selectively moveable to the predetermined fixed position corresponding to the mower unit type to be received thereby;
- a pivot point about which the mounting plate rotates in an x-y plane to adjust a position of the mounting bracket in the x-y plane relative to the grinding wheel shaft.
A mower reel grinding system for sharpening a plurality of mower unit types, each mower unit type including a cutting reel having a rotational axis, comprising:
- a grinding wheel shaft, the grinding wheel shaft at a fixed and non-adjustable position in an x-y plane defined by an x-axis and a y-axis, and adjustable only in an x-z plane perpendicular to the x-y plane define by the x-axis and a z-axis;
- a mounting plate including:
- a number of predetermined fixed mounting positions on the mounting plate, each predetermined fixed mounting positions corresponding to at least one type of mower unit of the plurality of mower unit types;
- a mounting bracket to receive and secure to a rear roller of a mower unit, the mounting bracket selectively moveable to the predetermined fixed position corresponding to the mower unit type to be received by the mounting bracket so to position the rotational axis of the cutting reel a desired position along the x-axis;
- a single pivot point about which the mounting plate is rotatable in the x-y plane to adjust a position of the mounting bracket in the x-y plane so as to parallel the rotational axis of the cutting reel to the grinding wheel shaft when a mower unit is secured to the mounting bracket, the single pivot point at a fixed location which is independent of a location of the mounting bracket.
A method of sharpening a plurality of mower unit types, each mower unit type having a rear roller and a cutting reel having a rotational axis, the method comprising:
- moving a mounting bracket on a mounting plate to a predetermined fixed mounting position corresponding to the type of mower unit to be sharpened, the mounting plate including a plurality of predetermined fixed mounting positions each corresponding to at least one mower unit type;
- mounting a rear roller of the mower unit to be sharpened to the mounting bracket;
- rotating the mounting plate in an x-y plane about a single pivot point to parallel the rotational axis of the cutting reel to a grinding wheel shaft the grinding wheel at a fixed, non-adjustable position in the x-y plane, the mounting plate being at a fixed position in an x-z plane which is perpendicular to the x-y plane.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.