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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2009
Applicants:
Jacob C. Kallara, Fort Mill, SC (US);
Clement V. Godbold, Rock Hill, SC (US);
Inventors:
Jacob C. Kallara, Fort Mill, SC (US);
Clement V. Godbold, Rock Hill, SC (US);
Assignee:
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 41/14 (2006.01); A01D 41/127 (2006.01); A01D 46/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system to clear stuck reels on a grass mowing machine with a reversible electric or hydraulic motor connected to a cutting reel. The reel motor can rotate in a forward direction and a reverse direction. A controller provides electric signals to the reel motor, and commands the motor to reverse direction if the reel motor does not rotate in the forward direction at a rotational speed at least as high as a preset minimum speed, or rotate a pre-specified number of revolutions.