Mtd Products Inc

Nexen Group, Inc.

Dave Hein

Jimmy N Eavenson, Sr

Ryan Cmich

Tim Dilgard

Joe Jocke

Amit Saha

Axel Schaedler

Kevin Weiss

Anthony Will Kliber

Robert L Jira, Jr

Jimmy N Eavenson

Timothy Dilgard

Jeff Hermes

Anthony Kilber

Amil Saha

Mike Henk

Aaron Lehto

Jeff Haack

Kevin B Weiss

Robert L Jira

Sr Jimmy N Eavenson

Jr Robert L Jira

A three-stage snow thrower having a housing, a power supply operatively connected to said housing, a longitudinal drive shaft extending from the power supply into the housing, and a lateral drive shaft extending rotatably attached to opposing side walls of the housing and being meshingly engaged with the longitudinal drive shaft within a gear assembly. The power supply drives the longitudinal drive shaft, thereby causing the longitudinal drive shaft to rotate, and at least a portion of such rotation is transferred to the lateral drive via a gear assembly. The first stage assembly includes a plurality of augers attached to the lateral drive shaft, wherein the first stage assembly pushes loosened snow axially toward the gear assembly. The second stage assembly includes at least one auger attached to the longitudinal drive shaft, wherein the second stage assembly pushes the snow from the first stage assembly axially rearward in a transverse manner relative to the first stage assembly. The third stage assembly includes an impeller that rotates to throw the snow from the second stage assembly through a chute attached to the housing to expel the snow from the housing.

Three-stage snow thrower

Snow thrower

A replaceable mower blade for attachment to a mounting member operatively connected to a mower is provided. The blade includes a central portion having opposing side edges, a top surface, and a bottom surface. The blade also includes a tip portion extending from the central portion. The central portion includes at least one attachment mechanism for operatively connecting the blade to the mounting member.

Replaceable mower blade and assembly

A replaceable mower blade assembly for attaching to a rotatable spindle, motor, or engine crankshaft is provided. The blade assembly includes a mounting member having a plurality of ends extending from a central bore that is configured to receive the spindle, motor, or engine crankshaft. Each end includes an indexing aperture and a plurality of caps. A locking mechanism is operatively connected to the mounting member, and each arm of the locking mechanism includes a pin. A cutting blade is removably attachable to each end of the mounting member and the cutting blade includes an indexing aperture and a plurality of keyhole apertures. Each pin of the locking mechanism is insertable and engageable with an indexing aperture of both the mounting member and the cutting blade for positively securing each cutting blade.

Mower blade mounting member with replaceable blades

Motion control apparatus (A) includes a direct coupled torque motor () slideably receiving an output () without other types of torque transmission devices between the output () and the motor () and between the output () and a pinion () in direct gearing engagement with an annular gear () connected to a second race () of a bearing () intermediate an annular mounting plate () and a dial plate (). The second race () is a single, non-separable piece having L-shaped cross sections to define a mounting pilot for the annular gear (). The motor () is secured to a mount plate () having an integral annular spacer () extending through a mounting tab () and secured to a mount ring () adjustably connected to the mounting tab () opposite to the mount plate ().

Motion control device

Auger housing with drift cutters for a snow thrower

Replaceable mower blade assembly

A three-stage snow thrower having a housing, a power supply, a longitudinal drive shaft extending from the power supply into the housing, and a lateral drive shaft extending between opposing side walls of the housing and being meshingly engaged with the longitudinal drive shaft within a gear assembly. The first stage assembly includes a plurality of augers attached to the lateral drive shaft for pushing loosened snow axially toward the gear assembly. The second stage assembly includes at least one auger attached to the longitudinal drive shaft for pushing snow from the first stage assembly axially rearward. The third stage assembly includes an impeller that rotates to throw the snow through a chute attached to the housing to expel the snow from the housing.

Auger housing for a snow thrower

A linear motion brake () includes a channel shaped shoe guide () straddling a linear race () and having shoe bores () defined in leg plates () for receiving brake shoes (). A piston () is reciprocally received in a piston cavity () of a plate-shaped housing () secured to the shoe guide (). The piston () includes first and second protrusions () extending from the piston head () in the reciprocation direction. Springs () are sandwiched between the shoe guide () and the piston (). Ribs () of the piston () are slideably received in cutouts () formed in the connecting plate () of the shoe guide (). Reciprocation of the protrusions () cams the brake shoes () against the linear race ().

Motion control apparatus

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Elyria, OH, United States of America

Dave Hein