Patent ID: 9545049
Date: 2017-01-17
CPC Classifications: A01B,A01D

Claim:
1. A pull-type disk mowing machine for towed movement by a tractor comprising: a frame including a main transverse beam mounted on transversely spaced field ground wheels for forward movement during field operation across ground carrying a crop; a cutter bar comprising a row of cutter disks at spaced positions along the cutter bar with each cutter disk being rotatable about a respective upstanding axis; the cutter bar being carried on the main transverse beam in front of the main transverse beam in a transverse direction across a front of the frame; a hitch arm including at a forward end a coupling attachable to a hitch connector of a tractor; the hitch arm being connected to the main transverse beam of the frame at a center line of the frame for pivotal movement relative to the frame between a first field position inclined forwardly and outwardly toward a first end of the frame to a second field position inclined outwardly and forwardly toward a second end of the frame; a hitch actuator which moves the hitch arm between said first and second field positions and also to a transport position the hitch arm extends generally along the main transverse beam in the transverse direction for towing the machine in the transverse direction; and a transport assembly attached to the main transverse beam of the frame; the transport assembly comprising: in the first and second field positions: and in the transport position: