Quick-change blade system
AssigneeHusqvarna AB
InventorsChris Roth, Darren Chandler, Lennie Rhoades, Steve Brinkman, Sean Dwyer
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Abstract
A lawn care device may include a cutting deck housing at least one blade, a rotatable shaft, and a blade mount operably coupled to the rotatable shaft. The blade mount may include at least one engagement slot configured to enclose at least a portion of the at least one blade. The blade mount may further include at least one protruding member disposed within the engagement slot to secure the at least one blade within the engagement slot responsive to insertion of the at least one blade into the engagement slot.
Claims21
A lawn care vehicle comprising:
- a cutting deck housing at least two blades;
- a rotatable shaft;
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- a blade mount operably coupled to the rotatable shaft at a center of the blade mount, the blade mount comprising at least two blade insertion slots, each blade insertion slot being configured to enclose at least a portion of a corresponding one of the at least two blades such that each of the at least two blades is insertable into a respective one of the at least two blade insertion slots independently of each other, the blade mount further comprising at least one protruding member associated with each respective one of the at least two blade insertion slots, the at least one protruding member being disposed to protrude into the respective one of the at least two blade insertion slots to secure the corresponding one of the at least two blades within the respective one of the at least two blade insertion slots responsive to insertion of the corresponding one of the at least two blades into the respective one of the at least two blade insertion slots.
A blade mount for a lawn care vehicle, the blade mount comprising:
- a blade mount base disposed to operably engage a rotatable shaft of the lawn care vehicle at a center of the blade mount;
- a blade insertion slot proximate to a distal end of the blade mount base, the blade insertion slot being configured to enclose at least a portion of a blade responsive to insertion of the blade into the blade insertion slot;
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- a blade engagement assembly disposed proximate to the blade mount base to enable removal of a protruding member from the blade insertion slot responsive to operation of the blade engagement assembly,
- wherein the protruding member is biased to protrude into the blade insertion slot to secure the blade within the blade insertion slot when the blade engagement assembly is not operated to remove the protruding member from the blade insertion slot.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.