Slopemower apparatus for highway and railroad rights-of-way

Abstract

Abstract THIS INVENTION IS A MOWER FOR CUTTING BRUSH, BUSHES, SHRUBS, SMALL TREES, ETC., AND FOR MOWING GRASS ON EITHER SIDE OR SLOPE OF A RAILROAD TRACKWAY OR THE MEDIAN STRIP OR SIDES OF A MOTOR HIGHWAY. IT INCLUDES A SMALL, PREFERABLY FOUR WHEEL POWERED AUTOMOBILE TRUCK THAT CAN TRAVEL ON EITHER A RAILROAD TRACK OR A HIGHWAY, WITH A CAB OFFSET TO ONE SIDE OF THE TRUCK AND BOTH MOWER AND TRUCK CONTROLS IN THE OFFSET CAB FOR SIMULTANEOUS OR SEPARATE OPERATION BY A SINGLE OPERATOR. THE OPERATOR MAY OPERATE IN EITHER DIRECTION, A SEAT BEING PROVIDED ON BOTH FORWARD AND REARWARD SIDES OF THE CONTROLS. A BOOM IS ROTATABLY MOUNTED FOR LIMITED ROTATION ON THE TRUCK CHASSIS, ON A POSITION MIDWAY BETWEEN ALL FOUR WHEELS THEREOF, AND AS ARM PIVOTED ON THE BOOM CARRIES A MOWER UNIVERSALLY MOUNTED ON ITS END, FOR POSITIONING BETWEEN A REARWARD POSITION AND A SIDE POSITION ON THE CAB SIDE OF THE TRUCK, THE OTHER END OF THE BOOM MOVING BETWEEN A POSITION ALONGSIDE THE CAB TO A POSITION OVER THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE TRUCK VEHICLE, AND THIS END HAS A COUNTERWEIGHT MOVABLE ON A TRACKWAY ON THE BOOM END, THE COUNTERWEIGHT BEING LINKED TO THE MOWER ARM. IN ADDITION TO THE TRUCK CONTROLS IN THE OFFSET CAB, THERE ARE ALSO HYDRAULIC CONTROLS FOR OPERATING THE BOOM IN ITS LIMITED SWINGING POSITION, FOR LIFTING THE BOOM AND PIVOTING THE ARM THEREON AND PROVIDES LIFTING, LOCKING AND LOWERING CONTROLS FOR EACH OF THEM, AND FLOATING CONTROL POSITION FOR AT LEAST ONE OF THEM AS WELL AS FOR OPERATING THE MOWER. ONLY ONE OPERATOR IS NEEDED FOR BOTH TRUCK AND MOWER CONTROLS.

Inventors

• 👤 Jay S Eaton

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