LAWN MOWING VEHICLE WITH A CONTROL UNIT FOR ELEVATING MECHANISMS
First Claim
1. A lawn mowing vehicle having at least one of first and second reel units disposed at positions that are different from each other in a leftward/rightward direction thereof with respect to a traveling direction, the lawn mowing vehicle comprising:
- a first elevating mechanism that elevates the first reel unit using an electric actuator;
a second elevating mechanism that elevates the second reel unit using an electric actuator; and
a control unit that controls the first and second elevating mechanisms and individually elevates the first and second reel units, whereinthe vehicle includes a selection unit that selects an elevating reel unit from among the first and second reel units, and the control unit performs control of elevating the reel unit selected by the selection unit.
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Abstract
A lawn mowing vehicle (1) mows a lawn along the travel path of the vehicle. The lawn mowing vehicle (1) includes: at least one electric reel unit having an electric reel (22) raised and lowered by an electric cylinder (26a-26c); sensors (34a-34c) for detecting the travel speed of the vehicle; and a control device (37) for controlling the electric cylinder (26a-26c) according to the result of the detection by the sensors (34a-34c) to thereby control the elevation position of the electric reel (22).
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2 Claims
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1. A lawn mowing vehicle having at least one of first and second reel units disposed at positions that are different from each other in a leftward/rightward direction thereof with respect to a traveling direction, the lawn mowing vehicle comprising:
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a first elevating mechanism that elevates the first reel unit using an electric actuator; a second elevating mechanism that elevates the second reel unit using an electric actuator; and a control unit that controls the first and second elevating mechanisms and individually elevates the first and second reel units, wherein the vehicle includes a selection unit that selects an elevating reel unit from among the first and second reel units, and the control unit performs control of elevating the reel unit selected by the selection unit.
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2. The lawn mowing vehicle according to claim 2, wherein:
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the first and second reel units include a detection sensor that detects a state of grass that has not yet been mowed by the rotating blade; and the control unit controls whether or not to rotate the rotating blade of the reel unit lowered depending on the detected result of the detection sensor.
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Specification