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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2016
Great Plains Manufacturing, Inc., Salina, KS (US);
Jeff Welsh, Abilene, KS (US);
Erik Thorsell, Salina, KS (US);
Great Plains Manufacturing, Inc., Salina, KS (US);
Abstract
A protection system for a rotary cutter, with the rotary cutter including a deck and one or more blade assemblies extending below the deck for cutting vegetation. The protection system comprises a protection annulus associated with one of the blade assemblies, with the protection annulus secured to a bottom surface of the deck and positioned between the deck and the blade assembly. The protection annulus has a width extending from an inner radius of the protection annulus to an outer radius of the protection annulus. The protection annulus has a height extending vertically downward from the bottom surface of the deck. The width of the protection annulus is greater than the height of the protection annulus.