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US 4,304,088 AGranted
Rotary mower with end-to-end connected blade-carrier supports
AssigneeKuhn S.A.
InventorAnton Werner
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Abstract
A rotary mower includes first and second supports extending in a predetermined direction and connected to one another end-to-end, and a set of elongated blade carriers rotatably mounted on each support. Each blade carrier, upon rotation, defines a trajectory, and neighboring blade carriers on opposite supports are mounted so that their trajectories do not overlap. First and second drive units are provided to drive each set of elongated blade carriers, respectively.
Claims11
A rotary mower,
- comprising in combination:
- first and second elongated supports extending in a predetermined direction, and facing each other end-to-end,
- a set of substantially oval-shaped blade carriers rotatably mounted on each support about an axis, said blade carriers substantially defining a cutting plane, said axes being substantially disposed at right angles to said cutting plane, two neighboring axes on the same support being separated by a first spacing, two neighboring axes on opposite supports being separated by a second spacing,
- first and second drive means disposed below said cutting plane, and operable to drive each set of elongated blade carriers, respectively, and
- coupling means disposed below said cutting plane connecting said supports to one another, so that said second spacing is greater than said first spacing.
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A rotary mower,
- comprising in combination:
- at least two elongated supports extending in a predetermined direction in mutual end-to-end relation,
- a set of substantially oval-shaped blade carriers mounted on each support for rotation of each blade carrier about an axis, said blade carriers substantially defining a cutting plane, said axes being substantially disposed at right angles to said cutting plane, two neighboring axes on the same support being separated by a first spacing,
- a plurality of separate drive means disposed below said cutting plane, and each operable to drive one of said sets of blade carriers, and
- coupling means disposed below said cutting plane and so connecting said supports to one another that two neighboring axes on different supports are separated by a second spacing which is greater than said first spacing.
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