Patent ID: 8499849
Filing Date: 2013-08-06
Classification: A01G

Abstract:
1. A roller cleaning assembly for a roller, or rollers, of a grass processing apparatus of the type having at least one smoothing head, the or each smoothing head having a body with at least one idler or smoothing roller rotatably journalled in a hollow cavity formed in the body, the roller cleaning assembly including: a brush roller housing locatable in the hollow cavity in the body; at least one brush roller rotatably journalled in the brush roller housing and located adjacent at least one of the idler or smoothing rollers and having a similar length to said at least one of the idler or smoothing rollers and oriented parallel thereto; at least one brush or flexible wiper blade extending from the or each brush roller and operable to engage an external surface of the adjacent idler or smoothing roller or rollers; and a friction drive system interconnecting the or each brush roller and the adjacent idler or smoothing roller or rollers; so arranged that as the or each idler or smoothing roller is rotated as the smoothing head is advanced, the external surface of the or each idler or smoothing roller drives the adjacent brush roller, through the friction drive system, to cause the at least one brush or flexible wiper blade to remove clippings or other waste material from the external surface of the or each idler or smoothing roller or rollers.