Abstract: Disclosed is a feed conveyor for receiving feed and depositing it into a feeder bunk. It includes a hopper for receiving feed and depositing it upon a motor-run belt conveyor. Disposed between the upper or load-carrying flight and the lower or return flight of the conveyor belt are pulleys over which is reeved a cable, rope or chain in a horizontal plane, that is, each cable flight is located laterally with respect to the opposite flight. These pulleys are run by a drive taken from the same motor as that driving the belt of the conveyor via pulleys which transfer the plane of the drive belt from the vertical to the horizontal. The cable joined into a continuous loop by a cable clamp having holes drilled in one face thereof for insertion of the cable ends and a concave semi-cylindrical depression formed in the same face so as to match closely the radius of the pulleys driving the cable.

Abstract: A flail-type mowing rotor, spinning about a horizontal axis transverse to its path of travel, has specially configured, swingable cutters that provide finish-cut quality notwithstanding design features that minimize the number of cutters required on the rotor, allow them to be fabricated from stamped, relatively light-gauge metal, and promote quick and easy removal and replacement of cutters as may be necessary or desirable. Each of the cutters comprises a pair of back-to-back, generally L-shaped blades having a medially disposed, obliquely oriented offsetting portion that locates the transverse cutting edge in offset relationship to the plane of the flat mounting portion of the blade. Thus, when the blades are disposed back-to-back on the rotor, the transverse cutting edge formed by the two cooperating blades is interrupted at its midpoint to present a gap through which uncut grass may pass as the rotor spins, thereby wiping the cutter clean and eliminating grass wrap.

Abstract: A grass catcher assembly for a lawn mower is disclosed herein. The assembly includes a frame adapted to be attached to the mower and a pair of containers pivoted on the frame for supporting a pair of flexible bags. A cover assembly extends across the open tops of the container with a grass clipping inlet in the cover. A deflector is attached to the cover and is positioned in the path of movement of the grass clippings to provide substantially equal distribution of the clippings to the respective containers.