Kubota Corporation

Akiyoshi Takemoto

Kazuo Samejima

Yoshihiro Kawahara

Terutaka Takei

Toshihiko Hamada

Yoshikazu Togoshi

Shigeru Morita

Hideya Umemoto

Hironori Tsuchihashi

Hiroaki Kawakita

Takao Sakatsuji

Masatami Fukuda

Tsuyoshi Sato

Kiyoto Kasamatsu

Hideo Kida

Shinichiro Inoue

Lawn mower

A lawn mower having a driver's section and a grass cutting unit forwardly of a vehicle body; an engine mounted between front and rear wheels; and a pair of main frames extending longitudinally of the vehicle body, each of the main frames including a front frame member, and a rear frame member connected to the front frame member and disposed at a lower level than the front frame member. The engine is mounted below the main frames between the front and rear wheels, and has a radiator disposed rearwardly of the engine and having an upper portion projecting upwardly of the rear frame members. The engine is surrounded by a first cover assembly including side covers depending respectively from the main frames, lower covers connecting the respective side covers to lower positions of the engine, and a front cover for closing an area forwardly of the engine. The first cover assembly defines first ambient air intake openings. A second cover is disposed rearwardly of the driver's section for covering the upper portion of the radiator. The second cover defines a second ambient air intake opening in a forward portion thereof. Cooling air flows produced by a fan disposed adjacent the radiator are drawn through the first and second ambient air intake openings, at least a large part of the cooling air flows being exhausted rearwardly through the radiator.

Lawn mower having passages for engine cooling air

A lawn mower comprising a blade housing supported above the ground by wheels, and a blower case removably connected to one lateral side of the blade housing for blowing grass clippings toward a grass catcher disposed rearwardly of a vehicle body. The blade housing carries wheel support frames secured thereto and extending in a fore and aft direction of the vehicle body. A forward coupling and a rear coupling are secured to one of the wheel support frames for connecting the blower case to the blade housing.

Lawn mower with blower unit

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Sakai, Japan

Akiyoshi Takemoto