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TURF IMPLEMENT HAVING TURF SLICING REEL WITH EASILY ADJUSTABLE HEIGHT CONTROL

  • US 20150289435A1
  • Filed: 04/15/2014
  • Published: 10/15/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/15/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A turf implement, which comprises:

  • (a) a frame supported for movement over the turf;

    (b) a rotatable slicing reel carried on the frame for rotation about a substantially horizontal axis of rotation, the slicing reel having a plurality of laterally spaced cutting members which rotate in substantially vertical cutting planes to slice into the turf for creating slits in the turf or for engaging with and acting on a thatch layer of the turf for dethatching; and

    (c) a height adjustment mechanism for adjusting the height of the slicing reel relative to the turf, the height adjustment mechanism comprising;

    (i) an adjustment member movably carried on the frame, the adjustment member being selectively movable in a first direction on the frame for lifting the slicing reel relative to the turf and being selectively movable in a second opposite direction on the frame for lowering the slicing reel relative to the turf;

    (ii) a slot on one of the frame or the adjustment member;

    (iii) a pin carried on the other of the frame or the adjustment member with the pin projecting into the slot, wherein selective movement of the adjustment member relative to the frame selectively adjusts the height of the slicing reel relative to the turf and changes the location of the pin along the slot; and

    (iv) a clamp carried on the pin for retaining the adjustment member in a desired position relative to the frame corresponding to a desired height of the slicing reel relative to the turf, the clamp including a selectively rotatable cam operatively connected to the pin for moving the pin substantially perpendicularly relative to the slot when the cam is rotated, the cam when selectively rotated in a first direction moving the pin in a first direction relative to the slot that loosens the clamp sufficiently to permit the adjustment member to be moved relative to the frame, the cam when selectively rotated in a second opposite direction moving the pin in an opposite second direction relative to the slot that tightens the clamp sufficiently to prevent the adjustment member from being moved relative to the frame.

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