Patent ID: 6502771
Filing Date: 2003-01-07
Classification: A01C,Y10S

Abstract:
In a cutting mower of the type that provides for the accommodation of a driver, and having an accessory connected thereto, said cutting mower including various wheels to provide for its-motorized movement, and having a cutter blade therein for the trimming of grass, said cutting mower having a chassis and framework in its structure, the improvement comprising, a bracket fixably connected to the structure of the chassis of the cutting mower at one of its front and back locations, said bracket including a tubular mount, an angle means connecting to the tubular mount, and further connecting onto the structure of the cutting mower chassis, said tubular mount being permanently secured onto the said mower structure, said accessory incorporating a tubular portion capable of being aligned within the tubular mount of the bracket, fastening means cooperating between the tubular mount and the tubular portion to provide for their temporary interconnection together when the tubular portion has been slidingly inserted into the tubular mount of the bracket, to provide for a removable attachment of the accessory to the cutting mower for application, a fertilizer spreader connecting with the mount, said fertilizer spreader including a hopper for holding a supply of granular fertilizer, a spreader blade provided below the hopper and furnishing a dissemination of the granular fertilizer as it is dispensed from the hopper, said hopper having at least one discharge aperture provided at its bottom for dispensing of the granular fertilizer, a control gate provided intermediate the bottom of the hopper and the spreader blade, said control gate having at least one aperture therein which when aligned with the at least one aperture provided at the bottom of the hopper furnishes a discharge of the granular material, and upon pivot of the control gate and disalignment of the apertures, curtailing the further dissemination of the granular material, solenoid means connecting with the framework of the spreader, said solenoid means being operatively connected with the control gate, and upon actuation of the solenoid means, providing for an alignment of the at least one control gate aperture with the discharge aperture at the bottom of the hopper, thereby furnishing a spreading of the granular material, and said solenoid means, when de-energized, furnishing an unalignment of said apertures, and curtailing further spreading of the granular material.