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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2016
Applicant:
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Inventors:
Ryan A. Fergus, Omro, WI (US);
Samuel W. Patterson, Beaver Dam, WI (US);
Assignee:
DEERE & COMPANY, Moline, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 34/76 (2006.01); A01D 69/12 (2006.01); A01D 69/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 34/76 (2013.01); A01D 69/06 (2013.01); A01D 69/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A mower deck belt tensioning arm having a sheet metal body with an idler pulley rotatably mounted to a first end of the body. A spring is connected to a second end of the body biasing the idler pulley against a belt on a mower deck rotating a plurality of blade pulleys. An integrally formed in bushing is between the first end and the second end of the body, the bushing having a straight section length greater than the thickness of the sheet metal body and pivotably mounted around a spindle secured to the mower deck.