Jacobsen Manufacturing Company

Donald G Haffner

Neill C Woelffer

Merlin H Gandrud

Anthony J Saiia

Frank Allen Ecker

Glenn Richard Hubbard

Harold John Jacoby

Neill C Woelfer

A combined lawn mower and grass catcher including a rotary type mower having a rearwardly directed discharge opening and a grass catcher mounted on the mower and extending to the rear thereof and within the lateral confines of the mower. A mower handle extends rearwardly of the mower with a portion thereof underneath the catcher for protecting and supporting the catcher if and when the latter extends down to the supporting portion of the mower handle. The catcher and the mower have inter-engaging members for attaching and removing the catcher relative to the mower, including a handle at the rear end of the catcher for attaching to the mower handle and for lifting the catcher. A spring-biased discharge opening door is mounted on the mower for engaging the front portion of the catcher and thereby securing the catcher so the mower under the influence of the spring acting on the mower door. The mower has a rotary cutter blade which operates on a cutting circle extending into the vertical plane of the forward portion of the attached catcher, and that vertical plane is also forward of the mower rear wheels, all for presenting the center of gravity of the mower and catcher in a forward position for optimum balance and minimum weight requirement for the mower itself.

Combined lawn mower and grass catcher

A lawn mower catcher of the bag type including a grass inlet opening at one end thereof and having a rigid door or mower adapter connected at the one end and extending over the opening. The door or adapter itself has a grass inlet opening for entry of the grass into the bag catcher. The door or adapter is pivotally attached to the fabric or bag portion of the catcher and can be opened and closed on the catcher opening and has attaching members for mounting onto a mower. Also, the catcher has another mower attachment, all so that the opposite ends of the catcher can be attached to the mower and extends rearwardly thereof and within the lateral limits of the mower and the mower handle extends underneath the catcher for upwardly supporting the catcher when the catcher is filled or sags. The catcher also has an additional handle for uprightly supporting the catcher to empty the grass therefrom when the door is opened. Said door or adapter has a handle thereon, and there is a releasable latch interconnected between the door and the bag body portion itself, and a release rod extends from the door handle to the release latch for opening the door while holding the handle, all for facilitating emptying the catcher.

Lawn mower catcher

A hydraulic system for controlling a gang of lawn mowers including a hydraulic pump and a multi-section valve and hydraulic motors driving the mowers. Hydraulic cylinders are also included in the system, for raising and lowering the mowers, and a check valve is connected with the cylinders for controlling the lowering of the mowers. The main valve is arranged with a plurality of spools which control the aforementioned functions and with the spools being set by means of a single handle so that the operator can perform the aforementioned functions through maneuvering the single handle for each set of hydraulic motors and cylinders. A hydraulic flow restrictor is included in the system for reversing the motors at a speed slower than the forward motor speed, for a slower reverse rotation of the mowers, such as for back-lapping of the mowers.

Hydraulic system for controlling a gang of lawn mowers

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Glendale, WI, United States of America

Donald G Haffner