摘要 |
A washing device for a rotary blade mowing machine having a rotary blade shroud having a top deck and a depending surrounding skirt providing a generally circular blade cavity, a drive shaft extending substantially centrally through the deck into the cavity, and a rotary blade affixed to the shaft for rotation thereby, the device comprising, a fluid slinger having a body member affixed to the shaft at a position between the cavity side of the deck and the blade and spaced from the cavity side, a diverter on the body member extending generally radially therefrom, the diverter having surface portions on its cavity side contoured with respect to the general plane of the cavity side of the deck to provide vertically oriented vector surface portions adapted to force contacting wash fluid toward the deck cavity side upon rotation of the shaft, the diverter also being provided with chute surface portions having throw axes directed generally radially toward the shroud skirt, and at least one wash fluid port in the shroud deck adapted to direct wash fluid onto the slinger.
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