Apparatus for assisting the exchange of blades on mowers

An apparatus (10) for assisting the exchange of blades on a mowing member (1) of a mower, wherein the respective mowing member (1) comprises a mowing disk (2), a blade carrier (3) and at least one blade (4) which is mounted on the blade carrier (3) via a pin (5) which is connected to the blade carrier (3) and which extends through a recess (6) in the mowing disk (2),

• comprising a lever device (11) which has at one end an actuating handle (14) which can be actuated by hand, and which has at a second end at least one bending-open body (15, 16), the blade carrier (3) and the mowing disk (2) of the respective mowing member (1) being able to be displaced thereby relative to one another such that, for performing the exchange of blades, the pin (5) which is connected to the blade carrier (3) can be moved out of the recess (6) in the mowing disk (2),
• comprising a support device (12) which is mounted in an articulated manner on the lever device (11) and which is supported on the mowing disk (2) during a bending-open process,
• and comprising at least one spring element (13) which assists the bending-open process via the at least one bending-open body (15, 16).