Deere + Company

Donald Emil Niosi

Tetsuzo Fujikawa

Ronald Lee Reichen

Makizo Hirata

Richard David Thier

Michael J O'Neill

Stephen A Braun

Michio Nishimura

Phillip Orland Swenson

Roger W Curry

James R Titze

Larry Neil Smith

A bedknife adjustment device includes a double legged bracket which supports a threaded rod, and a compression spring abuts one leg of the bracket for removing play from the linkage at both ends of the threaded rod. A nut positioned between the legs of the bracket can be tightened on the threaded rod for further compressing the compression spring to thereby remove the force of the spring from the linkage to allow the linkage to be easily swung out to a service position.

Bedknife adjustment linkage

A trailer adapted for transporting a pair of walkbehind greensmowers, having a first bracket which receives the first greensmower's front roller for blocking forward or upward movement of the first greensmower's front roller, at least one first rear arm pivotally coupled with the trailer and pivotable to a lowered position beneath the trailer floor whereat clearance is provided for the first greensmower to be rolled into position on the floor of the trailer, the first rear arm also being pivotable to a raised position whereat the first rear arm is abutable with a rear portion of the first greensmower for blocking the first greensmower from shifting rearwardly. A second bracket is fixed to a first rear arm for pivotal motion therewith, and is positioned behind the first greensmower for receiving the second greensmower's front roller for blocking forward and upward movement of the second greensmower's front roller. A second rear arm is pivotable between a lowered position beneath the trailer floor for providing clearance for the first and second greensmower to be rolled into position on the floor of the trailer, and a raised position whereat the second rear arm is abutable with a rear portion of the second greensmower for blocking the second greensmower from shifting rearwardly. First and second levers are engagable by an operator for swinging the respective first and second rear arms between their raised and lowered positions. A pivotable ramp is operatively coupled with the second lever for pivoting between raised and lowered positions as the second lever swings the second rear arm between raised and lowered positions.

Greensmower trailer

A drive mechanism for a shiftable reel mower brush, the mechanisms including a drive gear driven by the power source, a driven gear fixed with the brush, and an idler gear for transmitting rotational motion from the drive gear to the driven gear. The idler gear is shiftable to remain meshed with the drive gear and driven gear as the brush shifts. A first pivot member is pivotal about the drive gear's axis of rotation, and the idler gear is operatively coupled with the first pivot member for keeping the idler gear in mesh with the drive gear when the brush shifts. A second pivot member is pivotal about the driven gear's axis of rotation, and the idler gear is coupled with the second pivot member for keeping the idler gear in mesh with the driven gear when the driven gear shifts relative to the drive gear.

Gear driven roller brush

The present invention relates to an edger with a belt braking device, including a belt driving device and a cutter blade, which are arranged at the side of an edger vehicle. A bearing housing portion of the cutter blade is provided for forward and rearward movement, a belt cover for covering the whole driving belt is fixed to the edger vehicle, and a belt braking device is arranged between the front end of the belt cover and the front driven pulley, whereby performing ON-OFF operation of a clutch and engagement/ disengagement of a brake simultaneously is enabled. In this way, the fixed belt cover can be compact and the operation for changing of working conditions can be simplified.

Edger with belt braking device

The present invention provides an edger wherein a cutter device is arranged on one side of an edger frame, the position of a front wheel is adjustable, the position of one of the rear wheels situated on the other side of the edger frame is also adjustable, and a mechanism for changing the position of the front wheel as well as changing the position of the rear wheel is performed by a single control lever at the operator's station. With this arrangement, the adjustment of the depth of the cutter and the adjustment for maintaining the edger in a horizontal condition when the edger is driven on a curbstone can be easily effected by the operator.

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Prior Lake, MN, United States of America

Donald Emil Niosi