Mulching bar for a core processor or power rake
AssigneeCushman, Inc.
InventorCharles R. Toman
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Abstract
A mulching bar for a turf maintenance machine having a rotating flail reel includes an elongate body substantially triangular in cross section including a base, an upright portion and an inclined portion having lower and upper edge margins, the lower edge margin forming a blade edge with the base, the upper edge margin having a lip projecting beyond the upright portion, the mulching bar adapted to intercept cut or processed particles generated or collected by the rotating reel of the machine and to direct those particles into the reel for more complete comminution and eventual deposition upon the turf.
Claims22
A turf maintenance machine comprising:
- a frame;
- an axially rotatable flail reel mounted transversely to said frame and including a plurality of impact elements or blades, said machine being adapted to travel along a turf surface and to perform a maintenance operation through the rotating action of said reel, whereby said operation processes and/or generates a residue of particulate material;
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- a mulching bar located on said frame in closely spaced relationship to said reel, said bar being constructed and arranged so as to collect and/or direct said material into said rotating reel for more complete processing and eventual deposition upon said turf surface.
A mulching bar for a turf maintenance machine, comprising an elongate body being substantially triangular in cross section, said body including a base, an upright portion and an inclined portion with a lower edge margin and an upper edge margin, said lower edge margin forming a blade edge with said base, said upper edge margin having a lip projecting beyond said upright portion.
A blade for a turf maintenance machine having an axially rotating transverse flail reel and a plurality of blades secured thereto and projecting radially therefrom, the machine being adapted to travel along a turf surface and to perform a maintenance operation through the rotating action of the reel, said blade comprising:
- a generally planar base having a sharpened leading edge and being positioned substantially parallel relative to the turf surface, said parallel position of said edge being maintained during the operation of the reel;
- a double bent back upright portion integral with said base;
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- an upper portion integral with said upright portion and provided with an eyelet, said eyelet being disposed transversely to said leading edge so as to balance and stabilize said blade and to maintain said sharpened edge parallel to the turf surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.