Kubota Corporation

Bertrand Leguillette

Masatoshi Yamaguchi

Shozo Ishimori

Cristophe Auvergne

A rear discharge mower unit ( ) with a mower housing ( ) defining grass clippings flow paths for directing grass clippings rearward. The mower unit includes a power transmission mechanism for rotating a center blade ( ) and a second side blade ( ) in one direction and a first side blade ( ) in the other direction, a center baffle ( ) extending around a rotational axis of the center blade and defining a center flow path ( ) for feeding grass clippings to a grass clippings outlet ( ), a first side baffle ( ) extending around a rotational axis of the first side blade ( ) and defining a first side flow path ( ) for feeding grass clippings to the grass clippings outlet ( ), and a second side baffle ( ) extending around a rotational axis of the second side blade ( ) and defining a second side flow path ( ) for feeding grass clippings to the center flow path ( ).

Rear discharge mower unit and lawn tractor

A rear discharge mower unit (50) with a mower housing (55) defining grass clippings flow paths for directing grass clippings rearward. The mower unit includes a power transmission mechanism for rotating a center blade (58) and a second side blade (60) in one direction and a first side blade (59) in the other direction, a center baffle (63) extending around a rotational axis of the center blade and defining a center flow path (69a) for feeding grass clippings to a grass clippings outlet (66), a first side baffle (64) extending around a rotational axis of the first side blade (59) and defining a first side flow path (69b) for feeding grass clippings to the grass clippings outlet (66), and a second side baffle (65) extending around a rotational axis of the second side blade (60) and defining a second side flow path (69c) for feeding grass clippings to the center flow path (69a).

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Argenteuil, France

Bertrand Leguillette