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US 9,807,929 B2Granted
Mower deck side discharge chute mounting
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsIvan Jesus Lopez, Juan Luis Lara, Kyle T. Ressler
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Abstract
A mower deck side discharge chute mounting includes a wire form hinge having a first leg, a second leg that is collinear with the first leg, and an intermediate mounting portion attached directly to a multi-blade mower deck between the first leg and the second leg. A side discharge chute pivots on the wire form hinge and can be installed or removed from the wire form hinge only if the chute is in a raised position relative to the mower deck.
Claims8
A mower deck side discharge chute mounting, comprising:
- a wire form hinge having a first leg, a second leg that is collinear with the first leg, and an intermediate mounting portion attached directly to a multi-blade mower deck between the first leg and the second leg;
- a side discharge chute pivoting on the wire form hinge on bearings that can slide on or off the first and the second legs of the wire form hinge only if the side discharge chute is in a raised position relative to the mower deck;
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- a torsion spring biasing the side discharge chute toward a lowered position relative to the mower deck;
- a keyway in each of the bearings and a radial projection on each of the first and second legs of the wire form hinge that fits through the keyway.
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A mower deck side discharge chute mounting, comprising:
- a wire form hinge mounted directly to a multi-blade mower deck and having a first leg and a second leg extending through bearings on a side discharge chute;
- a torsion spring on the wire form hinge between the bearings and biasing the side discharge chute toward a lowered position;
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- a radial projection on each of the first and the second legs that fits through a keyway on the bearings only if the side discharge chute is in a raised position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.