Golf greens mower
OwnerGordon E. Bartlett, Michael D. Roachinventors
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Abstract
A precision grass mower of the triplex reel type operating from a common tractor-type power source, each mower unit having an adjustable ground engaging roller for cutting golf greens at a precisely predetermined height. Each of the reels of the mower is provided with manually actuated, automatically operated shifting means for moving the height adjusting roller to either of two positions for cutting the grass of the green and of the collar surrounding the green at different but precisely determined heights. The shifting means of all of the mower reels are instantly and simultaneously actuated and operated by fluid pressure.
Claims8
In a power driven tractor type riding golf greens mower having a plurality of reel mowing units, each mowing unit having a frame including a pair of parallel spaced apart longitudinally extending end members and supporting a transversely extending, rotatable grass cutting reel and bed plate and a pair of parallel rotary ground engaging means disposed forwardly and rearwardly of the reel, the improvement which consists of a cutting height adjustment on each mowing unit comprising:
- A. a pair of spaced apart mounting brackets for one of said rotary ground engaging means fixedly secured to said frame end members,
- B. a pair of spaced apart support assemblies for the other of said rotary ground engaging means secured to said frame end members for reciprocable vertical movement relative to the frame,
- C. a pair of fluid pressure cylinders fixedly secured to said frame above said reciprocable support assemblies, the pistons thereof secured to said support assemblies,
- D. a pair of stop means for limiting reciprocable movement of each of said reciprocable support assemblies,
- E. a common source of fluid pressure,
- F. conduit means connecting said source of fluid pressure to each of said cylinders, and
- G. control means regulating flow of fluid through said conduits.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.