Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Deere + Company

Tetsuzo Fujikawa

Shinichi Tamba

Makizo Hirata

Toshiyuki Takada

Michio Nishimura

Shigeharu Ohama

Ryoji Uda

Kichiji Misawa

Yoichi Yamaguchi

Hitomi Miyake

Michael J O'Neill

Stephen A Braun

Yoshiteru Ueda

Hitoshi Yamamoto

Donald Emil Niosi

Noriyuki Ueki

Roger W Curry

Akira Takahashi

James R Titze

Yoshiro Yamane

Akio Miguchi

Noboru Fukui

Ichiro Tanaka

Keisuke Tomonaga

Tomoya Kimura

Shinji Abe

Masaru Yamamoto

Noriaki Fujii

Yasuhiro Seto

Tamba Shinichi

Masao Shirakawa

Yooichi Yamaguchi

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

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.

Edger

A vehicle mounted engine generator system is disclosed for supplying electricity to external electrical appliances and equipment used inside a camping car or outdoors in the camping site, which comprises a secondary water-cooled internal combustion engine of relatively small size and an engine generator electrically connected to the engine. The secondary engine has its cooling jacket connected to a cooling line supplying it with cooling water for engine cooling. Also, the cooling line is connected to a radiator connected to the main internal combustion engine of water-cooled type so that the heated cooling water through the secondary engine is cooled by the same radiator as for the main engine. Also, the secondary engine is electrically connected to the battery for the main engine in such a manner that the battery can be recharged from the secondary engine as well.

Vehicle mounted engine generator system

A display and control for use with an engine-equipped machine apparatus comprising a computer adapted to receive operating information from the apparatus, a memory connected to the computer and operable to store reference values of the operating information, a display connected to the computer for displaying in human readable form a selected operating information and the reference value associated therewith, a control connected to the computer for changing the operating information and the reference value associated therewith to be shown by the display, and an adjustment connected to the computer and the memory for varying the reference values.

Display device for an engine-equipped machine

A motor vehicle having an air exhaust duct interposed between a radiator and an engine, the air exhaust duct being operative to guide cooling air that has cooled the radiator and became warm to flow in a direction in which the cooling air flows away from the engine without coming into contact therewith.

Motor vehicle

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

An engine and power units employing the engine are provided which include a crankshaft oriented vertically and operatively connected to the engine, a liquid-cooled radiator arranged above the engine substantially perpendicular to the crankshaft, and a cooling fan interposed between the engine and the radiator and operatively connected to the crankshaft. The engines and power units may be employed in motor vehicles and other equipment such as electrical generators.

Internal combustion engine and devices employing same

An engine-equipped apparatus including a control-display device which contains computing circuits into which is fed such data as the AC amperage data from an apparatus having an AC generator, and devices for displaying the data converted by these computing circuits. The control-display device is provided with a connection location capable of being freely connected to and disconnected from the main body of the apparatus through the use of a cable and multi-pin plug and socket. The cable is electrically located midway along those circuits of the wiring routes between the engine-equipped apparatus and the control-display device in which the signals are in an analog state, whereby, through the connection and disconnection as desired of a separate multi-core cable having at least one plug and socket of the same type between the aforementioned plug and socket, selection can be made between dcirect connection of the device to the engine-equipped apparatus and positioning of the display device in a location separated from the engine-equipped apparatus.

Control-display device for an engine-equiped apparatus

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 for a four-cycle engine having an overhung crankshaft connecting with an output shaft, wherein a guide portion having such a shape folding the output shaft as to return back to a starting point in two turns, is formed on the output shaft, and an interlocking mechanism guided by the guide portion is provided to open the valves for the four-cycle engine. It is preferable that the guide portion is formed as cam face displacing the interlocking mechanism. The guide portion can be formed on a block other than the output shaft for easy machining and also for adjustable valve timing.

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).

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Kobe, Japan

Tetsuzo Fujikawa