Side-Directed Rotary Cutter
OwnerWill Thompson, Baily Turnerinventors
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Abstract
A cutter for use with a mower such as a front of a tractor or skid steer has at least one cutting blade disposed below a cutting deck. A first arm assembly connects at a pivot to the deck and preferably connects to an extension extending forwardly relative to a mounting plate connected to the mower. The pivot is preferably spaced by a portion of the arm assembly from a length of the mounting plate. A roller assembly may be utilized to support the cutting blades above a surface to be cut. A second arm assembly may selectively position the cutting deck at preselected angles about the pivot. The first arm assembly may have curved ribs to allow the cutting deck to be declined to a negative angle relative to the pivot.
Claims20
A side directed rotary cutter comprising:
- at least one blade rotatably driven below a cutting deck when connected to a mower;
- a first arm assembly connecting the cutting deck at a pivot to the mower at a mounting plate whereby the pivot is located beyond a length of the mounting plate as spaced by the first arm assembly;
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- one of (a) a roller assembly connected to the cutting deck, said roller assembly extending at least one roller below at least one blade;
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- (b) a second arm assembly operably coupled to the cutting deck, said second arm assembly having a plurality of positions fixedly selecting one of a plurality of preselected angular orientations of the cutting deck relative to the pivot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.