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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2015
Nicholas John Sirek, Elko, MN (US);
Gerald Eugene Goman, Spring Valley, WI (US);
Nicholas John Sirek, Elko, MN (US);
Gerald Eugene Goman, Spring Valley, WI (US);
The Toro Company, Bloomington, MN (US);
Abstract
A turf groomer is coupled to a reel cutting unit in advance of the cutting reel and is powered by a gearbox having a rotary gear drive that provides alternately usable first and second drive paths capable of selectively rotating the turf groomer in opposite directions at different speeds. The rotary gear drive includes an axially slidable input gear on an input shaft. An actuator is coupled to the input gear to slide the input gear from one position in which the input gear is within the first drive path to select rotation of the turf groomer in a first direction at a first rotational speed. Alternatively, the actuator can slide the input gear into a second operational position in which the input gear is within the second drive path to select rotation of the turf groomer in an opposite direction at a different speed.