MOWER WITH SCISSOR LIFT MOWING HEIGHT ADJUSTMETN MECHANISM

摘要

A reduced weight underbelly mower has a cutting deck suspended beneath a frame by a deck height adjustment mechanism with a pivotable scissor configuration. The deck height adjustment mechanism cooperates with the mower frame so as manually or through a motorized jack to adjust the cutting height. Due to the mower's reduced weight and the scissor-like configuration of the deck height adjustment mechanism, an operator can manually lift the mower front end and swing the deck rear swinging forward, such that the mower rests stabilly on the deck rear and the deck underside is exposed for maintenance procedures.

主权项

1. A mower comprising:
a) a frame; b) a mower deck; and c) a deck height adjustment mechanism joining the deck with the frame and cooperating with the frame and the deck to vary the cutting height of the deck relative to the frame; the height adjustment mechanism having a front end that is pivotally attached to the front of the frame and a rear end that is free of attachment to the frame; wherein d) when in a first operating mode the deck height adjustment mechanism is operably adjustable between different cutting heights of the deck in a cutting configuration; and e) when in a second operating mode, the deck height adjustment mechanism cooperates with the frame and the deck to rotate the deck about a front end of the deck between the cutting configuration and a maintenance configuration.