Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Deere + Company

Makizo Hirata

Tetsuzo Fujikawa

Shinichi Tamba

Michio Nishimura

Shigeharu Ohama

Akio Miguchi

Michael J O'Neill

Stephen A Braun

Donald Emil Niosi

Roger W Curry

James R Titze

Yoshiro Yamane

Fumio Mizuta

Noboru Fukui

Yoshiteru Ueda

Noriyuki Ueki

Teruyasu Tamashima

Shinji Abe

An edger having a main frame, at least one front wheel fastened in the front portion of the main frame, two rear wheels fastened in the rear portion of the main frame, a rotary blade disposed in the front portion of either side of the main frame and capable of conducting edging, an engine mounted on the main frame and a driving device for operating the rotary blade with the engine, the edger comprising: a supporting arm for supporting the rear wheel positioned opposite to the rotary blade in such a manner that the position of the rear wheel positioned opposite to the rotary blade can be vertically adjusted with respect to the main frame; and a positioning mechanism for positioning the vertical position of the rear wheel disposed between the main frame and the supporting arm.

Edger

An edger having a driving device for operating a rotary blade, the driving device including a driving pulley; a pulley to be driven; a driving belt arranged between the two pulleys; a swing arm having the center of its swinging motion at a position different from the center of rotation of the driving pulley; a rod slidably supported by the swing arm and supporting the pulley to be driven; a spring for urging the rod in a direction in which the distance between the shafts of the two pulleys is elongated; a drive-side pulley cover and a driven-side pulley cover. The belt is engaged/released by changing the distance between the shafts of the two pulleys by swinging the swing arm, the distance between the driven-side pulley cover and the pulley to be driven having a small value so as to induce contact between the pulley to be driven and the driving belt at the time of belt release, and belt inlet and outlet portions of the drive-side pulley cover being shaped and arranged to be closer to the driving belt when under tension than the intermediate portion of the drive-side pulley cover so as to release the driving pulley and the driving belt. Another embodiment of the edger includes a driven-side pulley cover having a slant portion for a sliding and pushing the driving belt to the side surface of a pulley groove of the pulley to be driven when the belt is loosened.

Edger with improved rotary blade driving device

Utility vehicle

An edger having a main frame, at least one front wheel fastened in the front portion of the main frame, two rear wheels fastened in the rear portion of the main frame, a rotary blade disposed in the front portion of either side of the main frame and capable of conducting edging, an engine mounted on the main frame and a driving device for operating the rotary blade with the engine, the edger comprising: a resin cover fastened to a circular flange on the rotary-blade supporting shaft for covering a portion of the rotary blade. A structure for fitting the rotary blade cover includes a thin metal plate having an outer diameter larger than the flange, and fastening members for clamping the inner portion of the cover between the flange and the thin metal plate. Bolt assemblies are provided for fastening the thin metal plate and the cover together at a position outside the flange.

Edger with improved blade cover assembly

An edger is provided having a main frame, at least one front wheel fastened in the front portion of the main frame, two rear wheels fastened in the rear portion of the main frame, a rotary blade disposed in the front portion on either side of the main frame and capable of conducting edging, an engine mounted on the main frame and a driving device for operating the rotary blade with the engine, a supporting arm pivotally connected at its upper end to the main frame and rotatably supporting at its lower end the rear wheel positioned opposite to the rotary blade in such a manner that the position of the rear wheel can be vertically adjusted with respect to the main frame, and a positioning mechanism for physically positioning the vertical position of the rear wheel disposed between the main frame and the supporting arm, the positioning mechanism comprising a securing portion formed in either the main frame or the supporting arm, a securing arm having a plurality of securing steps which can be secured to the securing portion, the securing arm being rotatably fastened to the supporting arm or the main frame and connected to and urged by urging means in a direction in which the securing step is secured by the securing portion and the front end portion of the securing arm being rotated against an urging force of the urging means by operating a lever by the hand or foot so that a state in which the securing step and the securing portion has been engaged to each other is released.

Edger with improved rear wheel adjustment

An edger having a main frame, at least one front wheel fastened in the front portion of the main frame, two rear wheels fastened in the rear portion of the main frame, a rotary blade disposed in the front portion of either side of the main frame and capable of conducting edging, an engine mounted on the main frame and a driving device for operating the rotary blade with the engine, the edger comprising:

Edger with improved operating lever assembly

An edger having a main frame, at least one front wheel fastened in the front portion of the main frame, two rear wheels fastened in the rear portion of the main fame, a rotary blade disposed in the front portion of either side of the main frame and capable of conducting edging, an engine mounted on the main frame and a driving device for operating the rotary blade with the engine, the edger comprising: a supporting arm for supporting the rear wheel positioned opposite to the rotary blade in such a manner that the position of the rear wheel positioned opposite to the rotary blade can be vertically adjusted with respect to the main frame; and a positioning mechanism for positioning the vertical position of the rear wheel disposed between the main frame and the supporting arm.

Edger with tubular main frame

The present invention relates to an edger with a belt braking device, including a belt driving device and a cutter blade, which are arranged at the side of an edger vehicle. A bearing housing portion of the cutter blade is provided for forward and rearward movement, a belt cover for covering the whole driving belt is fixed to the edger vehicle, and a belt braking device is arranged between the front end of the belt cover and the front driven pulley, whereby performing ON-OFF operation of a clutch and engagement/ disengagement of a brake simultaneously is enabled. In this way, the fixed belt cover can be compact and the operation for changing of working conditions can be simplified.

Edger with belt braking device

The present invention provides an edger wherein a cutter device is arranged on one side of an edger frame, the position of a front wheel is adjustable, the position of one of the rear wheels situated on the other side of the edger frame is also adjustable, and a mechanism for changing the position of the front wheel as well as changing the position of the rear wheel is performed by a single control lever at the operator's station. With this arrangement, the adjustment of the depth of the cutter and the adjustment for maintaining the edger in a horizontal condition when the edger is driven on a curbstone can be easily effected by the operator.

Muffler apparatus including an elongated muffler which is connectable to an engine body via two exhaust pipes. The muffler includes a first expansion chamber which extends along the entire length of the muffler, and the two exhaust pipes are connected separately adjacent opposite ends, or in the vicinity of the ends, of the muffler on the side of the muffler at which the first expansion chamber is located.

Engine exhaust muffler apparatus

An improved work vehicle is disclosed in which a vertical shaft V-type engine having vertically supported crankshaft with the pair of right and left cylinders being arranged in V-shape is housed inside the front bonnet that is forwardly downwardly inclined at the top. The work vehicle, while having no less excellent performance in terms of power output, noise, and vibration, provides more increased operability and a wider range of forward visibility than conventional horizontal opposed type engine vehicles.

Work vehicle

A valve gear adapted for a four-cycle engine. Provided are a groove having such a shape folding around a crank shaft with an intersection as to return back to a starting point in two turns, a cam formed on top faces of both banks of aforesaid groove, a tappet arm projecting sideways from a tappet and elastically engaged with aforesaid cam, and a slider supported by aforesaid tappet arm and slidably fitted into aforesaid groove, and aforesaid tappet arm is guided by aforesaid slider to be given a lift by aforesaid cam provided on the outer circumference of the crank shaft.

Valve gear for four-cycle engine

Disclosed is a valve gear for use in a four-cycle engine which eliminates the necessity of providing a cam shaft. In the valve gear, a guide or guides, each of which is shaped like a closed curve making two rounds of a crank shaft with one intersection on the way, are provided. An air-intake valve and/or exhaust valve are controlled in accordance with the movement of a slider member sliding along the guide or guides.

Valve gear for use in a four-cycle engine

A valve gear adapted for the four-cycle engine comprises guide portions(s) which is formed on the end surface(s) of crankweb(s) of a crankshaft, and has such a shape folding around the crankshaft with an intersection as to return back to a starting point in two turns; and two interlocking mechanisms provided between the guide portion(s) and the intake and exhaust valves in the engine to open the valves by being guided by the guide portion(s).

A valve gear adapted for a four-cycle engine having a guide portion formed on the outer surface of an output shaft connected to a crankshaft, and of such a shape folding around the output shaft as to return back to a starting point in two turns, and having interlocking mechanisms provided with portions engaging with the guide portion and moved by the rotation of the crankshaft to open valves. The guide portion, only one in number, is provided on the output shaft connected to the crankshaft, and the interlocking mechanisms for driving intake and exhaust valves are disposed substantially opposite to each other across the output shaft as to engage with aforesaid single guide portion.

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Kakogawa, Japan

Makizo Hirata