Hardfaced bed knife
AssigneeFisher Barton Specialty Products, Inc.
InventorsBrandon Cary Rose, Daniel F. Duffek
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Abstract
A bed knife adapted to be coupled with a reel cutting unit for cutting grass is oriented with respect to a rotating cutting reel of the reel cutting unit. The bed knife includes a body formed from a first material and a cutting portion formed from a second material. The second material is different from the first material, and the second material is deposited onto the body by a welding process.
Claims23
A bed knife adapted to be coupled with a reel cutting unit for cutting grass and oriented with respect to a rotating cutting reel of the reel cutting unit, the bed knife comprising:
- a body formed from a first material;
- and
- a cutting portion formed from a second material, the second material different from the first material;
- wherein the second material is deposited onto the body by a welding process.
A method of manufacturing a bed knife adapted to be coupled with a reel cutting unit for cutting grass and oriented with respect to a rotating cutting reel of the reel cutting unit, the method comprising:
- providing a sheet formed from a first material;
- depositing a second material onto the first material by a welding process;
- machining away portions of the first material and the second material to form the bed knife.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.