Mowing machine

A method of assembling a plurality of mower units together side-by-side to form a mowing machine, comprising sliding a hollow fastening piece of each unit on an elongated supporting beam and abutting those units at one side of the beam, interconnecting corresponding driving shafts of neighboring rotors by sliding sockets and bridging the driving shafts to form an elongated drive shaft that extends substantially parallel to the beam and in front thereof, and thereafter bolting a fitting piece to the ends of the supporting beam and the drive shaft to secure the units in place.

A mowing machine comprising a frame including a beam and a plurality of cutting rotors mounted along the length of said beam, each said rotor including an upwardly extending shaft, said rotors being rotatable about the axes of said upwardly extending shafts of said rotors, driving means supported by said beam engaging said shafts of said rotors, said beam extending transversely and to the rear of said axes with respect to the machine's normal operative direction of travel, each rotor comprising pivot means and at least one pivoted cutter that is mounted on said pivot means to pivot freely and cut crop or the like in advance of said beam.

A mowing machine comprising a frame including an elongated beam and a plurality of cutting rotors mounted along the length of said beam, each said rotor including an upwardly extending shaft, each of said rotors being rotatable about a corresponding axis of said upwardly extending shaft of said rotor, and driving means which is provided to engage each said shaft of each said rotor, said beam extending transversely and to the rear of each said axis with respect to the machine's normal operative direction of travel, bolt means associated with each said rotor and said beam, each said rotor being releasably interconnected to said beam by said bolt means, each said rotor being adapted to be assembled and disassembled as a unit from said beam together with its respective said shaft and means provided thereon for engaging said driving means.

A mowing machine comprising a frame including an elongated beam and a plurality of cutting rotors mounted along the length of said beam, each said rotor including an upwardly extending shaft and being rotatable about a corresponding axis defined by said upwardly extending shaft of said rotor, driving means engaging said rotors, said beam extending transversely and to the rear of each said axis with respect to the machine's normal direction of operative travel, each of said rotors being releasably mounted as a unit on said beam by connection means whereby the corresponding said shaft of each said unit and said driving means are spaced in advance of said beam, whereby there is an opening as seen from above to the underlying ground between adjacent said rotors when viewed in plan.

A method of assembling a plurality of rotor units of a mowing machine in a connected said-by-side disposition, the method comprising the steps of positioning and fastening each unit successively at one side of an elongated beam along the length thereof, interconnecting corresponding driving shafts of neighboring rotors by sliding sockets whereby said driving shafts are formed into an elongated drive shaft which extends substantially parallel to said elongated beam and in front thereof.

A mowing maching comprising a frame including an elongated beam and a plurality of cutting rotors fastened to the forward side of said elongated beam, each of said rotors comprising an upwardly extending shaft and a hub on said upwardly extending shaft, driving means for rotating each said shaft connected thereto, said driving means adapted to rotate said shaft of each said rotor, said hubs and said shafts being positioned in front of said beam with respect to the machine's normal operative direction of travel, a plurality of cutters being pivoted to each said hub for free pivotal movement about respective upwardly extending pins releasably which are secured to each said hub, bolt means fastened to said beam securing said rotors side-by-side in a row extending transversely to said direction of travel.

A mowing machine comprising an assemblage of similar mower units which are fastened together side-by-side, each unit comprising a unit body, a vertical rotor on said unit body, a horizontal driving shaft extending through said unit body which is connected to rotate said rotor and which is provided on each end with means for interconnection to the like horizontal driving shafts of adjacent units, a cutter means mounted on said vertical rotor, and readily detachable securing means on each said unit body for securing it to adjacent unit bodies in a side-by-side relationship.