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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2016
Applicant:
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Inventors:
Paul A. Boruff, Raleigh, NC (US);
Brent G. Rinholm, Fuquay Varina, NC (US);
Assignee:
DEERE & COMPANY, Moline, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 34/00 (2006.01); A01D 69/03 (2006.01); A01D 101/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 34/008 (2013.01); A01D 69/03 (2013.01); A01D 2101/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A grass mowing machine has a plurality of cutting units, and a diverter valve diverting hydraulic flow from a raise/lower sub-circuit to a mowing sub-circuit when the engine runs at a reduced or economy mode speed and the cutting units are at the lowered position.