Kubota Corporation

Takao Sakatsuji

Kazuo Samejima

Yoshikazu Togoshi

Teruo Shimamura

Masatami Fukuda

Hideo Kida

Hironori Tsuchihashi

Hiroaki Kawakita

Toshihiko Hamada

Kazuo Furukawa

Tsuyoshi Sato

Kiyoto Kasamatsu

Akiyoshi Takemoto

Yoshiaki Matsuda

Colin Fulford

Shinichiro Inoue

A lawn mower comprising a blade housing supported above the ground by wheels, and a blower case removably connected to one lateral side of the blade housing for blowing grass clippings toward a grass catcher disposed rearwardly of a vehicle body. The blade housing carries wheel support frames secured thereto and extending in a fore and aft direction of the vehicle body. A forward coupling and a rear coupling are secured to one of the wheel support frames for connecting the blower case to the blade housing.

Lawn mower with blower unit

A dumping apparatus for a grass catcher for rearwardly inclining the grass catcher containing grass clipping to discharge the grass clippings. The apparatus includes a guide member and a movable member mounted in the guide member, a restraining member for restraining the movement of the catcher and a bracket fixed to a rear face of the catcher. A leading end of the movable member is pivoted at a longitudinally intermediate position of the bracket and a leading end of the restraining member is pivoted at a rear upper position of the bracket, whereby the grass catcher may be moved and inclined for the dumping action.

Dumping apparatus for grass catcher

A front mower includes a cutter unit having ground contact wheels and liftably attached to the front of a vehicle by a link assembly and a hydraulic piston-cylinder assembly for lifting or lowering the cutter unit. The link assembly includes a pair of first links each having a rear end pivoted to the vehicle and a pair of second links each having a front end pivoted to the deck of the mower, the front end of each first link being inflexibly and removably fixed to the rear end of each second link by a locking pin. A spring is provided between each first link and the vehicle. The cutter unit can be attached to and removed from the vehicle without removing the spring.

Front mower

A device for attaching a working implement to the front of a running vehicle for performing work while following the ground comprises a pair of opposite inflexible links pivoted at their rear ends to the front of the vehicle. These inflexible links are movable upwardly or downwardly and each link has a front end for movably supporting the front portion of the implement about a lateral pivot. A pair of opposite suspenders are each mounted on a longitudinally intermediate portion of each link for suspending the rear portion of the implement, each of the suspenders including a rod assembly pivotally connectable to the implement's rear portion and a resilient member. The rod assembly is inserted in an upstanding state through the link and is movable axially thereof to thereby permit upward or downward movement of the implement's rear portion due to the movement of the implement about the pivot. The resilient member is provided around an upper portion of the rod assembly above the link and elastically bears against the link. A lift unit is provided between the vehicle and the links for raising or lowering the implement through the links and the suspenders. The lift unit permits upward or downward movement and sidewise tilting of the entire implement due to the pivotal movement of each of the links independent of the other link.

Attachment device for front-mountable working implement

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Sakai, Japan

Takao Sakatsuji