US 11,856,886 B2
Cutting deck lifting device and mower having cutting deck lifting device
Qunli Wei, Jiangsu (CN); Xiaolei Qiu, Jiangsu (CN); Qin Ji, Jiangsu (CN); and Dongdong Shi, Jiangsu (CN)
Assigned to Globe (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd, Changzhou (CN)
Filed by Globe (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd, Jiangsu (CN)
Filed on Sep. 17, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/023,934.
Claims priority of application No. 201910874473.7 (CN), filed on Sep. 17, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0076566 A1, Mar. 18, 2021
Int. Cl. A01D 34/74 (2006.01); A01D 101/00 (2006.01)
CPC A01D 34/74 (2013.01) [A01D 2101/00 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cutting deck lifting device for adjusting a height of a cutting deck of a mower, comprising:
a cutting deck;
a pedal assembly including a pedal switched between locking and unlocking states for adjusting the height of the cutting deck;
a connecting assembly connecting the pedal assembly to the cutting deck; and
an adjusting assembly connected to the pedal assembly for positioning the cutting deck to a position with a desired height when the pedal is switched between locking and unlocking states;
wherein the adjusting assembly includes a sliding plate having a fixed end rotatably connected to the pedal and a free end opposite to the fixed end, the sliding plate having an engaging portion located at the free end thereof, and the engaging portion being configured as a step shape and having a plurality of step surfaces;
wherein the cutting deck is in a first position when the pedal is in the locking state, and wherein the cutting deck is in a second position when the pedal is in the unlocking state, and wherein the height of the cutting deck is adjusted when the cutting deck is in the second position; and
wherein the adjusting assembly includes a positioning member abutting against the sliding plate to position the cutting deck to the position with the desired height, and wherein the desired height is determined when the pedal is in the locking state.