Patent ID: 8631550
Filing Date: 2014-01-21
Classification: A01D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for removal and attachment of a mower blade cutting edge insert of the type demountably attached with a wedging press fit connection in a recessed end surface portion of a generally elongate and flat-bodied mower blade and held therein by headed connectors, the method comprising the steps of: providing a tool with an elongate body having a length greater than the length of the cutting edge insert, the body having a generally U-shaped slot extending lengthwise through the body, the slot dimensioned to receive and straddle an edge of the blade and the insert when the insert is in the recessed end surface portion of the blade; and, providing an insert contacting abutment at the bottom of the U-shaped slot and adjacent one end thereof; sliding the tool manually along the blade edge and attached insert in one direction and causing the abutment to make impacting contact with one end of the insert to release the wedging connection; and, sliding the tool manually along the blade edge and unattached insert in the opposite direction and causing the abutment to make impacting contact with the other end of the insert to make the wedging connection.