Abstract: A remotely controlled mower which can be easily converted to an edger, a trimmer and a blower with replaceable kits. The mower is battery powered with two drive motors (16A & B) having gear reducing means to provide rotational energy for propulsion and steering which enables the mower to turn with unlimited angles. Cutting devices for mowing, edging, trimming and blowing device are molded integrally with assemblies for easier attachment. The multiple holes on the assemblies provide a simple way to change cutting heights. Angle drives (54A & B) are used to convert the rotating directions for trimming, edging and mowing. The mower produces no air pollution with low operating noise. The combination of various functions in one remotely controllable mower not only makes lawn maintenance tasks easier but saves homeowners money to purchase and to service different equipments with less space required for storage.

Abstract: A convertible lawn mower of the zero turning radius type is disclosed for use in a riding mode and a walking mode. A control member attached to a control head is rotatable between a first position where the control head is proximate to a seat and a second position where the control head is disposed generally behind the lawn mower. Control levers attached to concentric rotatable upper tubes are rotationally coupled to concentric rotatable lower tubes by loop means, for control of variable speed reversible transmissions coupled to rear wheels.

Abstract: A convertible mulching mowing deck is disclosed having an angled top profile with maximum height at a discharge hole plugged with a spring loaded plug, with the sidewall of the deck recessed outwards at the back edge of the discharge hole.

Abstract: A mowing apparatus is provided by a reel-type or rotary mower towed by a vehicle, such as a bicycle, by a draw bar adapted to mount onto existing mower brackets and onto the vehicle by a connector that mounts to a frame element of the vehicle. The draw bar includes a resilient element that preferably permits flexing relative to the vehicle so that the mower articulates relative to the vehicle and so that a normal load force may be applied to the mower. The connector is preferably adjustable to allow selective variance in the load force applied. The draw bar may be a single arcuate piece utilizing a spring as the resilient element. Alternatively, the draw bar may be one or a pair of stiff, yet resilient arms. A guard portion may be provided as an extension of the draw bar or as an auxiliary piece, and a grass shield may be employed.

Abstract: A bicycle powered mower comprises a securing member which connects to the front fork of a bicycle, a universal joint portion connected to the securing portion, and a mower connected to the universal joint portion. When a bicycle, with its front wheel removed and the securing portion of the bike mower secured to the front fork, is propelled by conventional means, the mower will move over an area to be mowed. The universal joint portion permits the bicycle to be turned without tilting the bike.

Abstract: Tree and/or brush clearing and/or trimming equipment mounted on a tractor includes a rotary cutter provided with blades pivotally mounted on a rotating shaft and enclosed in a cutter housing open towards the plants to be cut. The cutter is mounted at the end of a multi-section arm, which arm is mounted on the tractor by a joint permitting both angular and rotational disposition of the cutter and the cutter housing, permitting both clearing of undergrowth around the tractor and cutting of low-growing branches or the like.

Abstract: A multi-crop harvester/windrower farm implement may be pushed before a tractor or harvester, to harvest and/or windrow a crop. The implement includes a frame having a plurality of horizontal arms at ground level, which support and position a crop dissociating structure to uproot or sever the stalks of the crop. The implement may include a crop reel to move the uprooted or severed crop to a draper belt, which deposits the crop in a windrow outward of the tractor wheels. In one embodiment, the crop dissociating structure includes interchangeable rod weeder and sickle attachments, allowing a user to choose between uprooting the crop, or severing the stalks of the crop. A plurality of adjustment structure may be included to adjust the altitude of the crop dissociating structure with respect to the crop, facilitating use of the implement on multiple crops. The rod weeder, crop reel, sickle, and draper belt may be driven to rotate by hydraulic motors attached to the PTO system of the tractor or harvester.

Abstract: An attachment for a combine and more specifically to a shredder attachment for a combine corn head to shred or chop corn stalks as they pass downwardly through the feed rolls on a combine corn head with the shredded materials being discharged onto the ground surface. The shredder attachment includes a plurality of cutter assemblies each including a pair of rotary cutter bars each in the form of a circular disk or plate having flat cutter blades attached thereto at the periphery with the rotary cutter plates in each cutter assembly being driven in opposite directions with the cutter bar blades overlapping the row of stalks by several inches to assure complete shredding action. The cutter assemblies are each driven by a hydraulic motor and a spur gear drive train oriented in a gear box with the spur gears running in oil. Hydraulic pressure is provided to the hydraulic motor from a pump assembly that is belt driven from a cross shaft on the combine head.

Abstract: A mulching deck particularly designed to handle tall, thick grasses and weeds (dry or wet), and a kit for converting an existing mowing deck into such a mulching deck. The deck features the combination of a closed discharge chute in a multi-bladed rotary mower having a plurality of stationary cutting blades positioned within the rotary blade housing. Deflectors may be provided in the housing for helping to redirect the clippings back into the path of the rotary and stationary blades for further comminution.

Abstract: A powered lawn mower of the type particularly adapted for mowing greens on golf courses and having a powered vertically adjustable reel cutting unit is converted into a greensroller when a vibratory roller unit is substituted for each reel cutting unit. The vibratory roller unit has a drum, an unbalanced shaft and a framework. The unbalanced shaft is rotatably mounted within the drum and the drum is rotatably mounted in the framework. When the greensroller is powered over a golf green, it provides a fast, smooth, consistent and somewhat firm playing surface without scalping or otherwise compromising the health of the grass.

Abstract: A multi-purpose yard maintenance apparatus consisting of a sickle-bar mower, a sickle-bar hedge trimmer and a garden tiller. The apparatus comprises a gasoline engine and a handle assembly having a pair of handles The apparatus further comprises a sickle-bar frame assembly having handle mounting means, sickle-bar hedge trimmer mounting means and a pair of wheels. Also included is a tiller housing assembly having handle mounting means, engine mounting means and a set of tines Finally, a sickle-bar hedge trimmer assembly having a housing, a engine mounting means, a pair of handles and a sickle-bar cutting assembly is provided to complete the components of the apparatus.

Abstract: A bicycle powered lawn mower comprises a mower frame, to which is attached a rear axle carrying a pair of rear wheels. The mower frame includes bicycle support brackets whereby a bicycle can be releasably received on the frame. A drive is provided whereby the mower frame can be transported over a surface. The mower frame further comprises a cutter blade assembly operatively connected to the drive so that the blade assembly can be selectively activated or deactivated.

Abstract: A multi-bladed mulching mower is convertible between a mulching mode in which the grass clippings are deposited as mulch or a discharge/collection mode in which the grass clippings are discharged from the housing or are bagged. The mower includes two separate cutting chambers which are staggered forwardly relative to one another but otherwise are arranged side-by-side next to one another. The peripheral wall of the forward cutting chamber has a selectively openable gate which is closed in the mulching mode but is opened in the discharge/collection mode. The rearward cutting chamber is provided with a discharge outlet which can be selectively opened in the discharge/collection mode but is otherwise closed.

Abstract: In a sugar-cane harvesting machine with a mobile machine base frame and a chopping mechanism (8), harvesting attachments which can be optionally fixed on the machine base frame are provided for adapting to different harvesting circumstances and terrain conditions, of which harvesting attachments one is designed for single-row harvesting and another for multi-row harvesting. The harvesting attachments contain row dividers (5, 6, 7), a mowing mechanism (23, 24, 25, 26) and a feeding mechanism (b 19, 20, 21, 41, 42). The multi-row harvesting attachment projects beyond the chopping mechanism (8) predominantly on one side so that symmetry is produced with respect to the running gear. In the uniform feeding space behind the mowing mechanism, the stream of material is laterally constricted and, specifically, preferably on one side.

Abstract: A convertible mulching mower (10) including a housing (12) and chute (30). Chute (30) can be selectively blocked with a chute plug (32) to selectively put mower (10) in a mulching mode. Mounted beneath housing (12) is a plurality of kickers (72) which serve to deflect the grass clippings generally downwardly and inwardly to cause them to penetrate the standing grass blades in the cutting path, when the mower (10) is in its mulching mode (when chute plug (32) is blocking discharge chute (30)). When chute plug (32) is removed, it can be replaced by various grass handling means, including a grass bag (36) or a side discharge chute extension (140). A wash-out system (129) can be included in plug (32) to allow the underside of housing (12) to be sprayed with water to remove accumulated grass clippings. Wash-out system (129) can be used for mulching or non-mulching mowers.

Abstract: A lift arm assembly (30, 32) for a commercial riding mower includes pivotal lift arms (36, 38, 40, 120), each of which is biased downwardly by an adjustable spring arrangement for better control and contact between the underlying turf and the cutting reels supported on the outer ends of the lift arms.

Abstract: A rotor for a rotary threshing combine which is readily adjustable to provide a great variety of threshing patterns to suit the particular crops and conditions of use. The rotor drum has a plurality of mounting lugs affixed thereto in an array that includes longitudinal, circumferential, and helical rows. A variety of differently shaped threshing elements, each designed for efficient operation under particular conditions, is provided and said elements are selectively and interchangeably and releasably connectable to the mounting lugs.

Abstract: An ice auger conversion kit is mounted to a conventional grass-timming apparatus that includes an engine mounted rearwardly of a drive shaft housing with a drive shaft mounted therethrough. The forward end of the drive shaft is of a square drive configuration and is received within a square bore of a rotatable boss coaxially mounted through an adapter head, wherein a forwardmost end of the adapter head includes an axially extending threaded second boss for mounting the ice auger cutting head. The adapter head includes a series of gears to effect a gear reduction therethrough to enhance torque and effect appropriate speed of the ice auger head in use.

Abstract: A convertible mulching mower (10) including a housing (12) and chute (30). Chute (30) can be selectively blocked with a chute plug (32) to selectively put mower (10) in a mulching mode. Mounted beneath housing (12) is a plurality of kickers (72) which serve to deflect the grass clippings generally downwardly and inwardly to cause them to penetrate the standing grass blades in the cutting path, when the mower (10) is in its mulching mode (when chute plug (32) is blocking discharge chute (30)). When chute plug (32) is removed, it can be replaced by various grass handling means, including a grass bag (36) or a side discharge chute extension (140).

Abstract: The present invention relates to an adapter for converting a conventional apparatus used for cutting and trimming vegetation into a device for propelling a boat. The adapter includes a screw propeller mounted to a centrifugal clutch which is driven by the motor of the apparatus for cutting and trimming vegetation.

Abstract: Quick attachment of crop handling headers to harvesters employs one or more wedge locks, utilizing the mechanical forces thereof to, in turn, tightly and firmly wedge an elongated tongue portion of the header into mating relationship with a header-supporting channel member on the harvester. For fast and easy attachment and release, reciprocable wedge-like latches are jammed into corresponding keepers with progressively increased tightness through use of reciprocable latch shifters readily accessible to the operator at ground level exteriorly of the ends of the header support. An exceptionally strong joint is effected as the latches and their keepers jam the tongue into the channel member.

Abstract: A basic snowblower unit powered by an engine has a rectangular shroud housing a fan with a drive member associated with it. A considerable number of special units including lawnmower, vacuum-and-bagger, leaf picker, edger, rotary tiller, leaf blower, sprayer, electric generator, hydraulic pump, and air compressor, are individually attachable for support and powering by the basic snowblower unit, providing for all-year use of it, compact storage and economy in purchase and ownership.

Abstract: A corn harvester combine assembly including a self-propelled combine with internal corn processing apparatus, a corn head for removing ear corn from planted corn stalks in a field and a corn removal attachment selectively mountable between the combine and the corn head to cause ear corn to be removed from the corn head and stored in a separate location without being processed by the combine in an ear corn harvesting mode of operation.

Abstract: An agricultural machine to be pulled by a tractor and having working tools driven by outer driving sources comprises a chassis arranged to support the working tools, a beam unit arranged for connecting the chassis with a tractor and including a first beam and a second beam, a transmission including a first portion and a second portion turnable relative to one another and arranged so that the first portion is connected with the first beam turnable relative to one another about an upward axis of turning of the portions whereas the second portion is fixedly connected with the second beam, a locking element arranged to lock the rotation between the first portion and the first beam, and a driving device arranged in the transmission and including two input shafts located in the first portion and receiving the movement from one driving source, an output shaft located in the second portion and adapted to transmit movement to the working tools at approximately the same speed independently of the input shafts which rec

Abstract: A tricycle frame providing basic support for the pedal operated mower, pedals turning a forward sprocket for providing locomotion, the locomotion communicating by a chain to turn a rear sprocket mounted on a shaft having a set of split cutting blades peripherally disposed about the cutting shaft for turning the shaft and cutting blades, and gear means connecting the cutter shaft with rear wheels of the tricycle frame and resulting in the locomotion thereof. A protective shield is mounted on the tricycle frame to protect the operator from debris thrown up during the course of mowing, and also a set of goose neck handle bars, an appropriate sized front wheel and a large triangular padded seat are also provided in the combination.

Abstract: A multipurpose, wheeled implement having a frame mounted platform configured to secure a lawnmower in proper disposition for utilizing the power from the lawnmower engine for driving rotary working tools carried by the implement frame. A projection of the implement frame is configured to receive thereover in telescoped relationship a socket shaped mounting structure for the rotary tool to facilitate quick interchangeability of the tools. One form of the tool disclosed is a rotary tiller and another embodiment is a snow blower.

Abstract: A high wheeler type, power lawn mower having two additional bolt holes upon its rotary blade housing, and a dumpster removably mounted thereupon by two bolts through the holes, the dumpster including a stationary frame receiving the bolts, and a hopper hinged upon the frame so to be pivotable into either a position for carrying materials or dumping the same.

Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, a pedal powered exercycle mower apparatus is provided. In one embodied form, the apparatus comprises a mobile vehicle member having a main supporting frame and a centrally positioned cutting apparatus mounted on the frame at its lower portion for cutting ground cover and the like. The cutting mechanism is driven by a series of gears which translate force from the pedals into rotational movement of cutting blade about a vertical axis transverse to the longitudinal axis of the main supporting frame. The apparatus further includes a plurality of sprocket wheels and a drive chain for apportioning power from the pedals to the cutting mechanism and to directional movement of the apparatus.

Abstract: An accessory for a rotary lawnmower for the trimming of lawn edges and comprising a channelled elongated frame provided with clips near opposite ends for attaching the frame beneath the baseplate of the lawnmower, a drive pulley on the frame having spaced upright posts engageable by a collar secured to the lower end of the lawnmower drive shaft for rotation of said pulley, a housing supported upright from one end of said frame and containing a transfer pulley, a belt drive between said pulleys, a trimmer blade belt driven from the transfer pulley to rotate in a vertical plane, and a canopy for said blade connected to said housing and free to pivot on two axes to provide adjustment of height of cut and angle of cut of said trimmer blade.

Abstract: An adapter frame for mounting a hay head of a forage harvester to a grain combine comprising an upper frame member for attachment to the upper combine frame, a lower frame member for attachment to the lower combine frame, vertical frame members interconnecting the upper and lower frame members, and horizontal attachment rods secured to the respective upper and lower frame members for reception into clevis members on a forage harvester, a threshold member on the lower frame member to bridge the output opening of the forage harvester with the input opening on the combine frame, and a hydraulic operating motor on the forage harvester connected to the hydraulic circuit of the combine.

Abstract: A crop harvesting header has a transversely extending crop consolidating component that detachably mounts either one of a plurality of interchangeable crop gathering components, such as a crop windrow-pickup or a row-crop. The lower front portion of the consolidating component is provided with a plurality of spaced apart truncated cone-shaped recessed structures which are respectively adapted to receive a corresponding number of truncated cone-shaped projecting structures mounted on the lower rear portion of the gathering component. The projecting structures are coupled within the recessed structures to detachably mount the crop gathering component forwardly of the crop consolidating component.

Abstract: An attachment for a conventional level-land grain combine which allows the combine to be operated and the grain to be harvested on the slopes of hillsides without excessive buildup of the grain on the low side of the machine. The attachment includes movable doors which vary the size of the opening between the gathering and cutting unit and the feeding and separating unit. By partially closing off the opening on the low side of the machine, more of the grain is fed to the high side thus providing for more even distribution of the grain into the threshing and separating units. Movement of the doors is remotely controlled by the operator according to the slope of the hillside on which the machine is operating.

Abstract: A forage harvester including a basic processing unit of the type having a cutterhead, a plurality of opposed crop infeed rolls disposed forwardly thereof and a feed roll housing having transversely spaced side walls and a forward opening, and a pair of throat sheet members mounted on the basic processing unit for swinging relative to the housing and disposed adjacent the opening on each side, the sheets extending laterally outwardly from inner rearwardly turned ends inwardly adjacent the side walls to outward ends spaced from the sidewalls; and a crop feeding unit detachably mounted for vertical articulation to said basic unit and having a rear opening in confronting relationship to the sheets such that the sheets close off the portion of the discharge opening external of the feed throat.

Abstract: A forage harvester and attachment therefor are provided wherein such attachment serves the multiple purposes of cutting, conditioning, and selectively moving a crop in two basic directions from a crop transfer zone within the attachment, one of the directions being toward the ground and the other being away from the ground. The attachment comprises a flail device of predetermined width for cutting and conditioning a standing crop in one mode of operation and for picking up a pre-cut ground swath of a crop in another mode and moving that swath to the transfer zone. The attachment has an auger for gathering a crop into the transfer zone immediately after cutting to define a dense swath thereof which has a width less than that of the flail device and approximately equal to the width of the ground swath. The attachment has an additional auger and a door for selectively moving crop from the transfer zone in the above-mentioned two basic directions.

Abstract: Gathering unit attaching apparatus is provided for a forage harvester of the type having a basic processing unit and a crop gathering unit which articulates in a vertical plane relative thereto. The attaching apparatus includes an attaching yoke pivotally mounted on a fixed transverse axis provided on the basic unit in proximity of the feed rolls. The attaching yoke provides a movable auxiliary axis about which the gathering unit pivots during the attaching process and securing elements for locking the gathering unit to the yoke for field operation. Apparatus is provided on the basic unit for pivoting the yoke about the fixed axis between a lowered generally forwardly extending pickup position and raised operating and transport positions.

Abstract: A multi-use lawn care machine which can be used as a lawn mower, lawn sweeper or snow blower. The machine has a generally cylindrical housing to hold the tool (a snow blower reel, lawn mower reel, or lawn sweeper attachment) in use. One side plate of the housing is lateraly removable, permitting access to and disconnection of the tool. A front wheel is mounted on the removable side plate. A front cover is removably attached to close the front of the housing when the machine is used as a lawn mower or lawn sweeper.

Abstract: A harvesting combine header or platform having facilities whereby, by a quick attach and release operation, several crop pickup components may be operatively applied thereto. Anchor devices on the platform cooperate with special divider components on the reel assembly and with fast pins to releasably hold the reel assembly in place. Withdrawal of the fast pins frees the reel assembly from the platform. Similarly, bolting facilities are provided on the bottom and back wall of the platform and provide anchor points for a windrow pickup assembly. Unfastening of these bolting facilities frees the windrow pickup from the platform.

Abstract: An agricultural implement is convertible from a soil tilling cultivator having a row of detachable soil working members having rotatable supports by removing some or all of the soil working tools and attaching mowing or cutting tools having one or more horizontally extending blades, to only some of the rotatable supports, at spaced apart intervals along the row. The bladed tools have detachable carriers and each of the tools has at least one group of blades with leading edges that are rotated in circular paths which overlap the paths of those blades on adjacent tools. The rotary tools can have spaced apart groups of blades at different vertical levels and guide surfaces or further cutting or mowing elements mounted between adjacent tools. Also, the bladed tools can be fastened to alternate supports or every third support to rotate in the same or opposite directions from adjacent bladed tools.

Abstract: A lift arm assembly (30, 32) for a commercial riding mower includes pivotal lift arms (36, 38, 40, 120), each of which is biased downwardly by an adjustable spring arrangement for better control and contact between the underlying turf and the cutting reels supported on the outer ends of the lift arms.