Patent ID: 9629307
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: A01D

Claim:
1. A mower deck for a turf mower, comprising: (a) at least one cutting chamber with a cutting blade spindle and a rotary cutting blade mounted to the cutting blade spindle, the cutting chamber having an upper wall and an outer extent bounded at least partially by a sidewall, the sidewall presenting a discharge opening defined by a first edge, an opposite second edge and the upper wall, the sidewall adjacent the second edge and the upper wall defining a cutting chamber upper corner, (b) a cut-off baffle rotatably mounted at the cutting blade spindle and including a baffle flange that extends toward the discharge opening, the cut-off baffle being able to be adjusted such that the cut-off baffle may be secured between an open position wherein at least most of the discharge opening is not obstructed by the cut-off baffle and a closed position in which more of the discharge opening is obstructed by the cut-off baffle, and, (c) a spreader plate lying over a portion of the cutting chamber upper corner, the spreader plate being triangular in shape and having an apex, a base edge and two side edges which extend away from the base edge and meet at the apex, the spreader plate being disposed in the cutting chamber upper corner such that the apex is adjacent to the cutting chamber upper corner and is farther from the discharge opening than the base edge and such that one of the side edges lies against the upper wall and the other of the side edges lies against the sidewall, the position of the spreader plate being adjustable between a first retracted position in which the spreader plate is spaced away from the discharge opening and a second extended position in which the spreader plate is closer to the discharge opening than when the spreader plate is in the retracted position.