Gilson Brothers Company

Gilson Brothers

Ronald R Cuba

Clyde R Wetor

Richard C Heidner

Bruce H Fiedler

A control arrangement for a lawn and garden vehicle having a manually movable member provided for controlling the speed of operation of the tractor and a speed setting arrangement for permitting the operator to manually set a speed control at a minimum constant speed while also permitting the operator to move the manually movable member to temporarily increase the speed of the vehicle. The speed setting arrangement is connected to the lawn tractor brake to cause disengagement of the speed setting apparatus when the brake is applied.

Speed control for lawn and garden vehicle

A grass collection cart having an access door and a closed bottom portion receives the airborne grass clippings discharged by a rotary cutting blade assembly. Auxiliary walls on the access door define an air discharge passage having an intake end spaced from the closed bottom portion of the cart and communicating with the interior of the cart when the access door is in its closed position. The discharge passage also has an outlet end opening near the ground. The incoming flow of airborne grass clippings entering the interior of the cart is directed toward the closed bottom portion and away from the intake end of the discharge passage so that the incoming flow of air will be deflected by the closed bottom portion toward the intake end of the discharge passage. The grass clippings consequently settle from the air stream and into the closed bottom portion, and the outgoing flow of air is expelled from the cart through the discharge passage near ground level. In its preferred embodiment, the rotary cutting blade assembly includes a fan system which enhances the flow of airborne grass clippings into the cart.

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Plymouth, WI, United States of America

Ronald R Cuba