Robotic lawn mower for cutting around conveyance member
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1. A vegetation cutting apparatus comprising:
- a movable carriage having a conveyance system configured to convey the carriage over ground, the conveyance system including conveyance members; and
a cutting system mounted to the carriage for cutting vegetation, the cutting system including cutting blades which are laterally drivable around the periphery of all of the conveyance members for cutting of vegetation laterally around the conveyance members, the cutting system comprising a rotary member rotatably mounted about a rotary member rotational axis which rotates the cutting blades laterally around the conveyance members, the rotary member having two rotary arms extending away from the rotary member rotational axis, each rotary arm for rotating about the rotary member rotational axis for rotating a respective cutting blade around all of the conveyance members, each cutting blade also being drivably rotatable by a motor relative to its respective rotary arm about a respective cutting blade rotational axis.
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Abstract
A vegetation cutting apparatus including a movable carriage having a conveyance system for facilitating conveyance of the carriage over ground. The conveyance system can have conveyance members for facilitating such conveyance. A cutting system can be mounted to the carriage for cutting vegetation. The cutting system can include at least one cutting member which is positionable laterally around the periphery of at least one conveyance member for enabling cutting of vegetation laterally around the at least one conveyance member.
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1. A vegetation cutting apparatus comprising:
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a movable carriage having a conveyance system configured to convey the carriage over ground, the conveyance system including conveyance members; and a cutting system mounted to the carriage for cutting vegetation, the cutting system including cutting blades which are laterally drivable around the periphery of all of the conveyance members for cutting of vegetation laterally around the conveyance members, the cutting system comprising a rotary member rotatably mounted about a rotary member rotational axis which rotates the cutting blades laterally around the conveyance members, the rotary member having two rotary arms extending away from the rotary member rotational axis, each rotary arm for rotating about the rotary member rotational axis for rotating a respective cutting blade around all of the conveyance members, each cutting blade also being drivably rotatable by a motor relative to its respective rotary arm about a respective cutting blade rotational axis. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of cutting vegetation comprising:
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conveying a movable carriage of a cutting apparatus over ground, the moveable carriage having a conveyance system with conveyance members; and cutting the vegetation with a cutting system that is mounted to the carriage, the cutting system including cutting blades which drive laterally around the periphery of all of the conveyance members and cuts vegetation laterally around the conveyance members, the cutting system comprising a rotary member rotatably mounted about a rotary member rotational axis which rotates the cutting blades laterally around the conveyance members, the rotary member having two rotary arms extending away from the rotary member rotational axis, each rotary arm for rotating about the rotary member rotational axis for rotating a respective cutting blade around all of the conveyance members, each cutting blade also being drivably rotatable by a motor relative to its respective rotary arm about a respective cutting blade rotational axis. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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