Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Deere + Company

Michio Nishimura

Tetsuzo Fujikawa

Makizo Hirata

Shigeharu Ohama

Michael J O'Neill

Stephen A Braun

Donald Emil Niosi

Roger W Curry

James R Titze

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

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 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

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.

A cylinder head gasket for internal combustion engine, which comprises a gasket body formed with hole for combustion chambers and holes for coolant passages is disclosed, in which protruded portions of high thermal conductivity metal whose thickness is larger than the thickness of the gasket body are provided around the hole for combustion chamber and elastic seal members whose thickness is larger than the thickness of the protruded portions are provided around each of the holes for coolant passages. The gasket body may be made of a metal of high thermal conductivity. In case where the gasket body is made of a material permeable to liquid, the seal members may be provided such that they cover peripheral walls of the holes for coolant passages, respectively.

Cylinder head gasket for a liquid cooled internal combustion engine

A cooling system adapted for a liquid-cooled type of two-cycle multicylinder engine. The thick-walled portion of a crank case between adjacent cylinders is provided with a cooling-liquid passage. The delivery port of a liquid pump is fixedly secured to one end of the cooling-water passage at the intake side of the cylinder, while the other end of the passge at the exhaust side of the cylinders is flow connected to liquid jackets in the cylinder blocks.

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Kobe, Japan

Michio Nishimura