Patent ID: 7637088

Claim:
A profiled modular casing for cutting plants comprising a plurality of cutting elements attached longitudinally to one another for the purpose of reciprocal drive, each cutting element comprising a U-shaped body on which and through which is fixed, by means of a mobile bearing, a shaft fitted at one of its ends by at least one cutting head and, at the other end with a double pulley enabling step-by-step drive of all cutting heads from at least one motor attached to an end of the U-shaped body of one of the cutting elements, each U-shaped body being attached to and integral with the adjacent U-shaped body by linking members fastened by screws in grooves of similar cross-section arranged in an inner face thereof, wherein each of the plurality of cutting elements within the same profiled modular casing are connected and covered by a contoured cover, by a vegetation deflector having a main portion and a rear portion arranged at an angle to the main portion and forming a trailing edge thereof on a downstream side and by a curved contoured section forming a leading edge along the profiled modular casing that blends on an upstream side with a front portion of the contoured cover and a shaped lower portion of the profiled modular casing and which covers the linking member screws.