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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2019
Firefly Automatix, Inc., North Salt Lake, UT (US);
Steven R. Aposhian, Farmington, UT (US);
Eric E. Aston, Farmington, UT (US);
William M. Decker, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Mark C. LeBlanc, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Austin J. Neuner, Layton, UT (US);
Seth W. Jeppson, Clearfield, UT (US);
FireFly Automatix, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Abstract
A cutting head for a sod harvester is configured to counterbalance forces that are generated during operation. When the cutting head is operated, the cutting blade oscillates to sever sod from the ground. This oscillation of the cutting blade generates significant horizontal vibration forces that are transferred to the cutting head and other components of the sod harvester. The cutting head can include a crankshaft assembly with counterweights that are designed to balance these horizontal vibration forces. The cutting head can also include a countershaft assembly with counterweights that are also designed to balance these horizontal vibration forces while also balancing vertical vibration forces that the counterweights of the crankshaft assembly create.