Adjustable mower assembly
AssigneeTextron Inc.
InventorBrian David Wanta
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Abstract
A mower assembly includes a housing and a cutting reel rotatably coupled to the housing. The cutting reel includes a shaft removably coupled to the housing, a plurality of supports coupled to and spaced along the shaft, and a plurality of blades coupled to and extending between the plurality of supports. Each blade of the plurality of blades is spaced a blade distance away from an adjacent blade of the plurality of blades The cutting reel is selectively adjustable between a first state and a second state such that the blade distance in the first state is less than the blade distance in the second state.
Claims20
A mower assembly comprising:
- a housing;
- and
- a cutting reel rotatably coupled to the housing, the cutting reel including:
- a shaft removably coupled to the housing;
- a plurality of supports coupled to and spaced along the shaft;
- and
- a plurality of blades coupled to and extending between the plurality of supports, each blade of the plurality of blades spaced a blade distance away from an adjacent blade of the plurality of blades;
- wherein the cutting reel is selectively adjustable between a first state and a second state;
- and
- wherein the blade distance in the first state is less than the blade distance in the second state.
A cutting reel for use in a mower, the cutting reel comprising:
- a shaft configured to rotatably couple to a housing of the mower;
- a plurality of support disks coupled to and spaced along the shaft, each of the plurality of supports disks having a plurality of interfaces positioned around a periphery thereof;
- and
- a plurality of blades coupled to and extending between the plurality of support disks, a portion of each of the plurality of blades engaging with one of the interfaces of each of the plurality of support disks;
- wherein the plurality of support disks are configured to expand and retract to facilitate adjusting a blade spacing between the plurality of blades.
A mower comprising:
- a chassis;
- a tractive element coupled to the chassis;
- and
- a mower assembly coupled to the chassis, the mower assembly including:
- a housing;
- and
- a cutting reel including:
- a shaft rotatably coupled to the housing;
- a plurality of supports coupled to and spaced along the shaft, each of the plurality of supports having a plurality of interfaces positioned around a periphery thereof;
- and
- a plurality of blades coupled to and extending between the plurality of supports, a portion of each of the plurality of blades engaging with one of interfaces of each of the plurality of supports;
- wherein the plurality of support disks are configured to expand and retract to facilitate adjusting a blade spacing between the plurality of blades.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.