Abstract: The invention concerns a method of mowing meadows and the like, a method of composting cuttings, a mowing machine and a cuttings processing apparatus. A mowing machine according to the invention includes a driven rotating cutting member 4, a cuttings conveyor device 12 for transporting the cuttings into a compacting device 15, a chopping device 16 for the cuttings, a subsequent dehydrating device 17 and a liquid collecting and discharging device 19, 20 for the liquid extracted from the cuttings in the dehydration procedure.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 23, 1997
Date of Patent:
January 25, 2000
Assignee:
Zuendapp Gartentechnik GmbH & Co. Entwicklungs KG
Inventors:
Martin Specht, Horst Wilfried Ball, Martin Diez, Thomas Haselbach