Murray Corporation

The Murray Ohio Manufacturing Company

James F Peterson

Thomas A Burdsall

Joe Crabtree

Joseph P Deschamps

Donald G Erickson

Donald C Coleman

Dennis Stenz

Engine

A drive shaft rotated by a drive gear is coupled to an epicyclic gear arrangement which is rotatable as a unit about the drive shaft's longitudinal axis, as well as about its own axis. A driven gear is rotatably mounted drive shaft between the drive gear and the gear arrangement. Facing surfaces of the drive and driven gears are provided with annular concavities. A pivotally adjustable friction disk extends between, and in contact with, the concave surfaces. The opposite side of the driven gear is operatively connected to the gear arrangement. When the drive shaft is rotated, the gear arrangement is rotated about its own axis in response to drive shaft rotation and is rotated about the drive shaft's axis in accordance with the position of the friction disk. The speed and direction of the wheel-driving output are thus controlled.

Epicyclic transmission for zero turning radius vehicles

A device is secured to the deck of a multi-blade rotary mower at a location forwardly of the blades in relation to the direction the mower moves as vegetation in being cut. The device deflects the grass laterally into the cutting paths of the rotating blades.

Vegetation deflecting device for a multi-blade rotary mower

A cantilevered spring is supported proximate the transaxle of a piece of power equipment so as to be operatively related to the shift lever used to actuate the transaxle. The cantilevered portion of the spring comprises a main resilient section and an extension at its outer end which lies in a plane angularly related to that of the main section of the spring. The extension is provided with an elongated slot having a major axis which extends parallel to the plane of the spring's main section. The shift lever is received in the slot whereby actuation of the lever in a direction normal to the slot's major axis is resisted by the spring.

Neutral positioning device for a gear shift lever

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Franklin, TN, United States of America

James F Peterson