Separately-acting cutter units

An agricultural implement is convertible from a soil tilling cultivator having a row of detachable soil working members having rotatable supports by removing some or all of the soil working tools and attaching mowing or cutting tools having one or more horizontally extending blades, to only some of the...     

Apparatus for attachment to and propulsion by a vehicle for the purpose of cutting vegetation, particularly shrubs and small trees. A plurality of generally planar, circular-toothed cutting members are supported on the underside of a housing and with each cutting member positioned in a generally horizontal...     

A mowing machine has a laterally extending frame part of a coupling frame part and a plurality of rotary circular cutters mounted on the laterally extending part. Driving means, including an in-going shaft connected to the prime mover power take off, is geared through boxes to an upwardly extending shaft...     

An agricultural implement for conditioning a crop comprises a plurality of beaters mounted for rotation about a common axis a cutter for cutting a crop, and mounting structure for mounting the beaters and cutter, during a cutting operation, in co-operating relationship such that the beaters engage crop...     

Disclosed is a lawn mower having several pairs of rotatable blades attached to a rotatable frame. The rotatable frame is motor driven, and centrifugal forces cause a frictional engagement between blade driving means and a portion of the frame so that each pair of the blades assume a planetary rotary...     

An agricultural implement having a transversely extending horizontal frame beam which is composed of pivoted sections. The pivots are located at a substantial spacing under the frame beam sections and connected to the frame beam sections by arms which extend obliquely downwards from the ends of the frame...     

Disclosed herein is a rotary lawn mower comprising a blade housing supported for travel in adjacent relation to the ground, a first rotary cutter blade supported for rotation within the blade housing, a second rotary cutter blade supported for rotation within the housing about an axis located in laterally...     

A cordless twin blade electric lawnmower having substantially improved performance and efficiency is disclosed. The lawnmower includes a pair of spaced counter-rotating cutting blades, a pair of motors driving each of the respective blades and a battery for energizing the motor under the control of a...     

In a mowing machine of the kind comprising a frame adapted to be mounted on a tractor three-point linkage, and a plurality of cutting units connected to the frame, including at least two laterally spaced side cutting units and a center cutting unit positioned so as, in use, to cut the swath between the...     

A lawn mower for cutting grass, comprises a frame having an open bottom and being closed on the sides except for a lateral discharge opening. A drive motor is supported on a top closed cover of the frame, and it includes a drive shaft which drives a rotatable cutter disc which is rotatably supported...     

Streaking is eliminated in a rear discharge twin-bladed grass cutter by a baffle between the two blades.

A mowing device comprises a housing extending transversely of the direction of movement of said device, a plurality of cutting members rotatably journalled on said housing and a driving gear accommodated in said housing for driving the cutting members, each cutting member comprising at least one ring...     

A mowing machine of the offset rotary type wherein an assembly of rotary blades is carried by a frame movable along a surface bearing grass or foliage and including an additional rotary mower blade carried by a swinging arm at one end of the machine frame. The swing arm is held in a forward position...     

A spreading device is disclosed which is particularly suitable for use with drum mowers. The spreading device includes a crop divider of a unique shape and configuration which extends in front of the forward mowing direction of the mower and which is positioned between the two mower drums, or between...     

Disclosed is a lawn mower having several pairs of rotatable blades attached to a rotatable frame. The rotatable frame is motor driven, and centrifugal forces cause a frictional engagement between blade driving means and a portion of the frame so that each pair of the blades assume a planetary rotary...     

A mowing machine is connectable to a tractor's lifting hitch and power take-off shaft. A row of rotors is mounted along the length of a laterally extending support plate that is pivoted to the main frame. Each rotor includes a hub and cutter member assembly on an upwardly extending shaft engaged by a...     

A mowing machine is connectable to a tractor's lifting hitch and power take-off. A row of rotors is mounted along the length of a laterally extending support that includes an elongated supporting plate pivoted to the main frame. The supporting plate can be an integral plate profiled to have an upwardly...     

A drive for a mower of the type having a multiple number of vertically disposed drum cutters. The cutting elements are at the bottom of each drum and cut in a horizontal plane. A horizontally disposed pneumatic tired wheel is associated with and acts to impart rotation to each of the drum cutters. External...     

The present invention relates to pull-type harvesting machines such as mower-conditioners and comprises a main frame fitted with ground-engaging wheels, a header adjustably mounted on and forwardly of the main frame and comprising drum type mower units, lifting means operable to move the main frame relative...     

A semi-mounted or trailed agricultural mower has vertical axis crop-cutting rotors and a rigid rectangular open frame mounted above the rotors to support the rotors. The frame has at one end a ground-engageable support wheel secured to a rear beam of the frame and at the other end a headstock secured...     

Agricultural mower has vertical axis crop-cutting rotors mounted for floating vertical movement relative to semi-mounted mower frame. Draught forces are transmitted to each rotor through a draught member below the rotor on which the rotor is journalled. The draught member projects rearwards beyond the...     

A mowing device includes at least a pair of cooperative rotary cutting mechanisms. Each cutting mechanism comprises a driven carrier and at least one cutter pivotally connected thereto and projecting radially therefrom. Mounted below each carrier is a cutting plate having a cutting edge above which the...     

A mowing machine has mowing units that are connected to a tractor's three point lifting device or devices at the front and/or rear side of the tractor. The units can be pivoted to an intermediate frame portion to extend laterally of that portion and hydraulic assemblies are connected to pivot each unit...     

The present invention relates to a harvesting machine such as a mower-conditioner and comprises a header with a subframe, the subframe comprising a transverse upperbeam, opposed downwardly-extending legs connected thereto, and a lower transverse beam interconnecting and extending between the legs; the...     

Tractor-drawn agricultural mower has three crop-cutting rotors rotatable about vertical axes and carrying crop-feeding drums. Two of the rotors contra-rotate inwards to feed cut crop between them. The third rotor is offset rearwards from a straight line intersecting the axes of rotation of the other...     

A mowing machine adapted to be connected to a three-point lifting device of a tractor and powered by a power take-off therefrom, the mowing machine extending laterally to the side of the tractor and having two mowing assemblies, each of which includes a rotor which is powered by a gear chain and belts...     

A disc mower which is silent in operation and simple to maintain. The mower comprises a casing (1) on top of which is mounted at least one pair of rotatable cutter discs (8) driven by a belt transmission (9) housed within the casing (1). The casing (1) has a base portion (3) and an upper portion (2)...     

A rotary mower cutter having a reciprocably actuated cutter-bar mounting axially spaced thereon for rotation a plurality of rotary discs constituting cutters. The discs are each provided with pivoted eccentric masses responsive to rotation of the discs to develop a flywheel movemment on each disc cutter.

The disclosure is of a fodder mower-conditioner mounted laterally of a tractor and comprising two or more rotary-scythe cutters and one or more conditioning rotors all rotating about axes which as viewed from above fall within a horizontal plane of a width equal to and containing the horizontal diameters...     

The invention relates to agricultural machines and is particularly applicable to tractor mounted drum mowers which suffer from the problem of tilting about the ground engaging point nearest to the tractor when undergoing right-hand turns. This problem is met by the provision of a machine having a mounting...     

A lawnmower deck of inverted dish shape having three generally circular, laterally spaced but interconnected open-bottomed compartments in each of which is mounted a horizontally extending blade rotatable on a vertical axis and operable to impel cuttings from one compartment to the next toward one side...     

A mowing machine has an elongated beam that supports side-by-side rotors with pivoted cutters positioned to cut overlapping paths in front of the beam. The rotor units include an upper rotatably hub with pivoted blades and lower bodies which house corresponding driving shafts. The units are releaseably...     

Mower with an elongated housing supporting bottom-driven cutter discs and with a hollow stiffening beam inside the housing, the beam extending from the connection end of the housing and being situated between the axes of rotation of the discs and the rearmost positions of the elements pivoting the cutters...     

A lawn mower using flexible nonmetallic filaments as cutting elements is disclosed. The filaments are mounted on a plurality of rotatable mounting elements. Each of these mounting elements is rotatable about an axis which is slightly tilted with respect to the vertical. The axes of rotation of the mounting...     

A device for mowing crop comprising a pair of discs adapted to rotate in the cutting plane, driven with equal angular speeds and pairwise in opposite senses and having each outwardly projecting cutters. A cutter may be bent upwardly due to impact on a stone. In order to avoid further damage of the device...     

Mowing apparatus for connection to the lifting device of a tractor which is powered by the power take-off of the tractor. The apparatus includes a three-point trestle for mounting on the three-point lift device of the tractor, the trestle supporting a parallelogram suspension gear for the mowing component,...     

A wheeled frame or chassis is laterally stationary but movable longitudinally in rolling contact with the ground along several of a plurality of laterally spaced rows of tobacco plants. Vertical support bars depend from the frame to support at laterally spaced intervals corresponding to the rows, horizontal...     

A clipping apparatus for bushes and grass intended to be attached to a tractor or like vehicle and comprising two rotatable blades having cutting edges. The blades are operative to produce a clipping action in co-operation with an underlying toothed means. One of the blades, when seen in the direction...     

A mowing machine has a plurality of cutting members rotatably supported on a portion of the frame disposed beneath the cutting members and extending transversely to the direction of travel of the mowing machine during operation. The cutting members are driven by means of a drive shaft extending above...     

A rotary mower shielding structure is provided for utilization in bedded row crops. The shielding structure is carried at the forward edge of the mower and has uniquely shaped openings compatibly spaced for row crops. The openings are designed to guide and support the row crop as it enters the cutting...     

The girder of a mowing device above which cutting members are arranged and which is destined to be suspended to the side of a tractor, is being loaded heavily on bending and/or torsion if the girder comprises remote from the end of the tractor a swath former. Therefore, the swath former is carried by...     

A mowing machine for connection to the three-point hitch of a tractor which extends laterally of the tractor. A drive of meshing pinions contained in a housing, the drive being powered via belts from the power take-off of the tractor. The drive rotates the cutting members about vertical axes which are...     

Crop cutting apparatus providing a wide cutting path and even cutting while following variations in ground level. Known drum and disc mowers of wide cut do not follow variations in ground level, and are easily damaged by ground shocks. Cutter drums 29, 29' and gear boxes 41, 41' are mounted on subframes...     

An improved bean harvester comprising a frame attachable to a tractor, the frame having a transverse mounting shaft between the front and rear tractor wheels, and a plurality of cutting blades each pivotally mounted to the shaft and each having a presetting height adjustment and cutting angle adjustment...     

A mower comprises cutter blades mounted by bolts in bushes on cutter discs surmounted by hollow elements secured on respective shafts. Accommodated within or partially within the hollow elements are drive means including hydraulic motors, drive shafts, bevel gear wheels and a toothed wheel meshing with...     

An agricultural mower having a crop cutting rotor that is rotatable about an upright axis and cuts a strip of crop along a cut edge of the crop so as to emerge laterally from said cut edge, and a crop guide that is located adjacent the periphery of the rotor where it emerges from said cut edge of the...     

Mower with an elongated housing supporting bottom-driven cutter discs and with a hollow stiffening beam inside the housing, the beam extending from the connection end of the housing and being situated between the axes of rotation of the discs and the rearmost positions of the elements pivoting the cutters...     

A gang mower comprises a number of individual reel mowers ganged together, each reel being driven by an electric motor from an electric power source, such as an alternator, associated with the mower. The alternator is typically driven by the same motor that propels the gang mower along.

An agricultural rotary mower has a frame mountable upon three point linkage of a tractor. A rotor supporting beam extends in its operating position to one side of the tractor. Extended from the beam are two spindles with ground engaging skids at the lower end. Frustro conical rotors are mounted on the...     

A mowing machine connectable by its frame to a three-point lift device of a tractor and powered by the power take-off of the tractor via belts and a gear train, to extend laterally relative to one side of the tractor. An outboard portion of the frame forms a housing for a gear train that rotates crop...     

Mushroom harvesting machine provided with rotary knives which are positioned in stepped formation sequentially one below the other and with an upright conveyor belt provided with carriers and wherein the rotary knives are positioned at an angle of inclination .alpha..

A mower having a rectangular platform and downwardly extending skirts on the sides of the platform, spaced upwardly extending columns on the platform, an engine supported on the platform in columns. A belt tightener arm is pivoted around a fourth column and a third pulley is supported on the arm. A threaded...     

A cotton harvester for mounting on a tractor or similar vehicle, wherein a transversely extending cross auger frame is supported by a lift frame assembly rearwardly of the rear tractor wheels. Individual cotton harvesting units are supported above the ground by the cross auger frame and include plant...     

A pair of generally flat, horizontally disposed mowing rotors at the front of the machine sever the standing crops as the machine is advanced and, by creation of an air stream as well as through a physical throwing force, the rotors propel the severed crops rearwardly through a centrally disposed passage...     

An improved type of lawn mower that incorporates two cutting blades rotatably mounted in separate housings diagonally opposed to each other at the bottom portion of the lawn mower housing. The diagonal mounting of the cutting blades permits cutting overlap and an increased cutting path. A cleaning blade...     

A bean cutting device to cut beans when harvesting a bean crop. The device is mountable on the front of a tractor and includes a frame carrying a plurality of generally upright but forwardly inclined columns. Each column carries a cutting assembly including a cutting blade mounted on a shaft rotated...     

A crop harvesting machine having a disc cutterbar is disclosed wherein the shields covering each individual disc cutter unit are connected to a transverse rotatable shaft so that the shields can be pivotally moved between a lowered operative position immediately above the disc cutter unit and a raised...     

A mowing implement essentially comprising a housing extending transversely of the direction of movement of the mowing implement, a plurality of mowing members rotatably journalled on said housing and a drive assembly arranged within said housing for driving the mowing members and formed by a sequence...     

A device for mowing crop, particularly grass, mainly comprising a frame (1) movable across the field having a girder (4) pivotably (6) connected to a sub-frame (5) and extending transversely of the direction of movement (P1) above a cutter bar (9) with cutting members (10) wherein the outermost cutting...     

A mower is provided which has a plurality of cutter supports which are driven to be rotated. One or more of these supports is surmounted by a rotatable shaft; and such support comprises a hub that is rotatable with the shaft thereof, and a plurality of detachable segments, each of which is secured to...     

The invention comprises an improved lawn mowing machine with a forward mounted mower deck including a plurality of rotary cutters. The blades or cutters rotate in opposite direction on opposite sides of the deck to bring the grass clippings to a deck mounted central vacuum. The mower blades are driven...     

A crop cutting apparatus has two vertical axis rotary drum cutters 13, each having an upper rotor with a crop conveying surface 19 and a lower rotor carrying knives 21. Gears drive the upper and lower rotors at different angular velocities. The lower rotor has an annular rim 18 having an upper surface...     

A lawn which includes a mower housing carrying a motor and including plural shafts carrying donut-like members with cutters attached thereto. The deck includes a forward portion have a protective skirt, a portion of which extends at approximately 45.degree. to the ground.

A disk mower wherein a plurality of rotary disks each having a cutter blade are mounted on a laterally extending slender frame. A driving shaft having a rectangular or polygonal cross-section and extending through the inner passage of the slender frame slidably passes through a correspondingly shaped...     

A mower housing having a plurality of chambers (11 and 12) so proportioned in capacity, and cutting blades (13 and 14) therein, so proportioned in capacity that one chamber and blade can handle and advance the grass clippings blown with air from the other chamber and blade as well as the grass clippings...     

A mowing machine has a main frame made up of driving units and intermediate pieces which are mounted alternately on a tie member. The tie member is normally under tension to compress the driving units and the intermediate pieces together to make the main frame substantially rigid. The tie member is positioned...     

A gang reel mower consisting of a pair of mower heads of the ordinary reel type laterally spaced apart in a forward row, and another mower head disposed behind and laterally intermediate the mower heads in the forward row. Each mower head is castered about a vertical axis disposed forwardly thereof,...     

A satellite mower-conditioner comprising a frame, a pair of rotary members mounted on the frame and rotatable about generally upright axes with each rotary member having mounted thereon for rotation therewith a plurality of rotary cutter units rotatable also about respective generally upright axes offset...     

A multiple rotor mower having a plurality of substantially side-by-side vertically disposed rotors each having a horizontally disposed disc at their lower ends and mowing blades beneath the discs, the discs being segmented into readily detachable and replaceable disc portions for easy replacement of...     

A lawn mower in conjunction with a small tractor, and including a main mower deck disposed forwardly of the tractor and a pair of laterally extending wing mower decks disposed at respectively opposite sides of the tractor, all of the decks carrying mower blades, and a single power source operable to...     

A device for mowing agricultural crops, particularly grass, mainly comprising a continuous main beam (1) bearing a common main drive and a plurality of housings fastened to the front side of said beam (1), each accommodating an intermediate drive to an upstanding rotary shaft for a cutting member (3),...     

A disc mower-conditioner having a disc cutterbar provided with transversely spaced rotatable cutter units operable to sever standing crop material by impact action and a flexible curtain extending around the perimeter of the disc cutterbar is disclosed wherein a transverse deflector panel is supported...     

A crop cutting and conditioning apparatus has two vertical axis rotary drum cutters 13, each having an upper rotor with a crop conveying surface 19 and a lower rotor carrying knives 21. Gears drive the upper and lower rotors at different peripheral velocities. The lower rotor has an annular rim 18 having...     

The rotary mower has a blade housing supported on wheels for travel along the ground and including a top deck, a front wall and opposed side walls depending from the top deck, a rear wall depending from the top deck and extending transversely between the rear portions of the side walls, and a plurality...     

A device for mowing crop comprising a cutting member to be rotated about an upwardly extending rotary axis and supporting at least one upwardly extending pin located near the outer circumference of the cutting member, said pin being guarded in the cutting member with the aid of a pin-engaging end of...     

A disc mower-conditioner having a disc cutterbar with transversely spaced rotatable disc cutters to sever standing crop material by an impact action and a rotatable conditioning mechanism mounted rearwardly of the cutterbar to receive and condition severed crop material is disclosed wherein each disc...     

A disc mower-conditioner having a disc cutterbar with transversely spaced rotatable disc cutters to sever standing crop material by an impact action and a rotatable conditioning mechanism mounted rearwardly of the cutterbar to receive and condition severed crop material is disclosed wherein each disc...     

A multiple mower arrangement for use on a tractor, comprising a principal mower having at least one rotary blade. A power shaft extends approximately the full lateral width of the principal mower, and delivers power to the rotary blades of such mower. A swingarm mower equipped with a rotary blade is...     

A mowing machine has a main frame made up of driving units and intermediate pieces which are mounted alternatively on a tie member. The tie member is normally under tension to compress the driving units and the intermediate pieces together to make the main frame substantially rigid. The tie member is...     

A mechanism for removing dirt and debris from the interior of a divider member mounted on the end disc of a disc cutterbar used in a disc mower-conditioner is disclosed wherein the dividers are provided with air inlet openings to permit the introduction of air into the interior chamber of the hat-shaped...     

A mowing machine comprises cutting members which are rotatable about upwardly extending axes and drivable via a change-speed mechanism which enables their speed of rotation to be adjusted, for example to suit the characteristics of the crop being mown. The machine also has crushing member driven via...     

A mowing machine which has a rotary cutting member rotatably journalled to a shaft received in a drive housing. The drive housing has connected to it a supporting skid extending under and forward thereof for engagement with the ground. The skid defines, with the drive housing, a space which is filled...     

The invention relates to a mowing machine comprising a frame and at least four cutting members rotatable about upwardly extending rotary axes and being each provided with cutters and drums located above said cutters, the cutting members being driven so that during operation neighboring drums rotate in...     

A mowing machine has a cutter bar which is a plurality of drive housings and intermediate members between the drive housing held firmly together in compressing by a tie rod in tension. Each drive housing has a cutting unit which includes a rotatable disc and blades. At least some discs (for example the...     

A windrower has a transverse support positioned at an angle to the travel direction of the apparatus and attached by a towing bar to a tractor and the like. The transverse support is provided with a plurality of crop-transfer drums, which are attached rotatably under the transverse support parallel to...     

A mowing device has a number of adjacent cutting elements rotatable around upwardly extending axes of rotation. The cutting elements are supported by an elongated hollow casing located under the cutting elements. Transmission elements for driving at least some of the cutting elements are located in the...     

The mowing and chopping machine comprises at least two rotors, which are rotatable about vertical axes, which are spaced apart transversely to the direction of travel of the machine. Each rotor comprises a tooth-carrying disc and a plurality of cutting rotor teeth, which are angularly spaced apart and...     

A mowing machine having cutting elements and a beam for attaching to a tractor, and an intermediate structure to which is connected the beam, the cutting elements comprising a first and a second cutting group each group extending on the opposite side of the intermediate structure. The cutting groups...     

A mower having a plurality of rotary cutting elements each of which is provided with at least one cutting tool. At least one of the rotary cutting element is driven by a transmission means housed in a housing located under the rotary cutting element. The housing is composed of cases in which the rotary...     

The connecting device 5 which links the mowing group 2 to the hitching device 3 comprises a connecting beam 21 and two connecting bars 38 and 39 that are connected respectively to the end of the connecting beam 21 and to the hitching device 3 by means of joints 36, 37, 40, and 41 so as to form with the...     

Mowing device provided with a frame supported by ground wheels which can be coupled to a vehicle by means of a drawbar, and with a number of cutting means arranged side by side when seen in the intended direction of movement of the mowing device during operation, said cutting means being rotatable about...     

The invention relates to a rotary mower driven from below. According to the invention, the upper part of a beam (4) comprises, in the vicinity of cutting elements (5, 7) which rotate in a high plane of rotation, a bulge (30, 32) the upper face of which is at least approximately planar and extends at...     

A hay-making machine, in particular for side-delivery raking, includes a plurality of truncated-cone-shaped rotary devices which are rotatably arranged about an axis which is slightly inclined in relation to a vertical line, the rotary devices being provided with elastic deformable tools and being arranged...     

The invention relates to rotary mowers driven from below. According to the invention, shafts (18) and wheels (23) have at least their operational dimensions approximately identical, and alternate wheels (23) take two different positions in relation to the shafts (18). Moreover, when one of the disks...     

A mechanism for removing dirt and debris from the interior of a divider member mounted on the end disc of a disc cutterbar used in a disc mower-conditioner is disclosed wherein the dividers are provided with air inlet openings to permit the introduction of air into the interior chamber of the hat-shaped...     

A rotary mower with at least one rotary cutter unit rotated on a vertical axis by means of a drive shaft which has a first bearing hub secured to its lower end. A cutter disc is secured to the first bearing hub and a second bearing hub is coaxially and rotatably mounted on the first bearing hub. A rigid...     

The articulated vehicle of the present invention includes a front frame and a rear frame which are interconnected by a universal coupling joint which is capable of pivoting about a vertical axis and about a horizontal axis. Mower decks may be mounted on the vehicle and raised and lowered by hydraulic...     

An improved disc cutterbar construction is disclosed wherein the cutterbar casing is provided with a rearwardly extending flange and a plurality of forwardly projecting mounting tabs. A wear plate is connected underneath the casing by fasteners extending through the flange and other fasteners interconnecting...     

A mowing machine that extends laterally from a tractor and is an assembly of carrier parts, supporting and spacer housings, held together by one or two tensile bars. If there is only one tensile bar, it is received through the carrier parts at about the same level as the mower's drive sahft where the...     

A cutting unit for a mowing machine which is driven by means of beveled gears contained in a drive housing. The cutting unit, which includes a rotatable disc mounting pivotal cutting blades is resiliently attached to the units' upwardly extending drive shaft emerging from the drive housing where power...