MOWER SPINDLE BRAKE DISENGAGEMENT MECHANISM

摘要

A mower spindle brake disengagement mechanism includes belt driven pulleys on spindles supported by a rotary mower deck, brakes adjacent the pulleys, each of the brakes on a pivot arm biased to a brake engaged position, and a plurality of Bowden cables, each Bowden cable connected between one of the pivot arms and a single lever that may be pivoted to retract the Bowden cables to move the brakes on the pivot arms to a brake disengaged position.

主权项

1. A mower spindle brake disengagement mechanism, comprising:
a rotary mower deck supporting a plurality of generally vertical spindles rotated by an endless belt, and having a grass clippings discharge and collection chute between the plurality of spindles and extending rearwardly from the rotary mower deck; a plurality of cables extending between an attachment engagement lever and a plurality of pivot arms on each side of the chute on the rotary mower deck; a plurality of spindle brakes, with one of the spindle brakes on each of the pivot arms, and each spindle brake biased to a brake engaged position against a pulley on one of the spindles; the attachment engagement lever retracting each of the plurality of cables to disengage each of the plurality of spindle brakes.