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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 05, 1997
Junichi Kitamura, Osaka, JP;
Matsuo Tachibana, Osaka, JP;
Koji Fujiwara, Osaka, JP;
Osami Fujiwara, Osaka, JP;
Kazuo Samejima, Osaka, JP;
Junji Miyata, Osaka, JP;
Yoshikazu Togoshi, Osaka, JP;
Hironori Tsuchihashi, Osaka, JP;
Yoshiyuki Esaki, Osaka, JP;
Kubota Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A reel mower having side reel mower units and a center reel mower unit connected to a vehicle body to be vertically movable between a lower position for a grass cutting operation and an upper position for a non-operational run. The side reel mower units and center reel mower unit have reels driven by reel drives under control of a control mechanism. A forcible stopping device is provided for forcibly stopping the reel drives of the reel mower units with priority over control of the reel drives by the control mechanism when the side reel mower units and center reel mower unit are all in the upper positions.