Gang lawn mower

Abstract

Abstract A TRACTOR INCLUDING A PRIME MOVER AND TRACTION WHEELS AND A PLURALITY OF LAWN MOWERS. ARMS ARE PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON THE TRACTOR AND THE EXTENDING ENDS OF THE ARMS PIVOTALLY SUPPORT MOWERS OF THE REEL TYPE. EACH MOWER IS INDEPENDENTLY AND SEPARATELY PIVOTALLY SUPPORTED, AND EACH MOWER IS DRIVEN BY A MECHANICAL DRIVE EXTENDING FROM THE TRACTOR TO THE MOWERS. THE MECHANICAL DRIVE IS FLEXIBLE TO PERMIT PIVOTAL MOTION OF THE MOWERS, AND THE MOWERS CAN BE POSITIONED IN A TRANSPORT POSITION WHERE LATCHES SECURE THE MOWERS ON THE TRACTOR. THE DRIVE MECHANISM TO THE MOWERS IS ALSO EXTENDABLE IN LENGTH, TO ACCOMMODATE THE MOWER PIVOT ACTION, AND A LIMIT CONNECTOR IS PROVIDED SO THAT THE EXTENDABLE DRIVE MECHANISM DOES NOT COME APART UPON MAXIMUM PIVOTAL MOTION OF THE MOWERS RELATIVE TO THE TRACTOR. A LIFT CONNECTOR EXTENDS BETWEEN TWO OF THE MOWERS SUCH THAT LIFTING ONE OF THE MOWERS WILL ALSO CAUSE THE OTHER MOWER TO BE LIFTED, AND LIFT SPRINGS ARE PROVIDED FOR ASSISTING OF LIFTING OF THE MOWERS AND FOR ALSO POSITIONING THE PIVOT ARMS IN AN OPTIMUM STURDY POSITION WITH A MINIMUM OF PLAY IN THE CONNECTION TO THE TRACTOR. ABUTMENT SURFACES ARE PROVIDED ON THE TRACTOR AND THE MOWERS FOR LIMITING THE PIVOT OF THE MOWERS IN BOTH THE MOWING POSITION AND THE TRANSPORT POSITION.

Inventors

• 👤 Sahag C Akgulian
• 👤 Donald G Haffner
• 👤 Sherman C Heth

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