DISTRIBUTION OF MATERIAL DISCHARGED FROM A ROTARY MOWER

摘要

A rotary mower apparatus includes a mower deck, and a mower blade rotatably mounted under the mower deck about a substantially vertical axis of rotation. The mower blade follows a circular path having a radius equal to a cutting radius, and a baffle plate extends downward from the mower deck adjacent to and outside the circular path. A vertical position of a bottom edge of the baffle plate can be adjusted from a lowered position to a raised position. A deflector plate can be attached such that a front edge thereof is pivotally mounted to the mower deck rearward of the mower blade such that th e deflector plate extends downward and rearward from the front edge thereof, and such th at the deflector plate can pivot a lowered to a raised position and be supported at a selected location in the pivot range.