Kubota Corporation

Yoshiaki Matsuda

Kazuo Samejima

Colin Fulford

Yoshikazu Togoshi

Masatake Murakawa

Hiroaki Kawakita

Junichi Kitamura

Takao Sakatsuji

A blower for transporting grass clippings from a grass cutting unit to a grass catcher of a lawn mower comprises a housing with a protective liner extending over peripheral inside walls thereof. The liner includes a lining material formed of an elastic resin, and a core formed of a plastically deformable metal and embedded in the lining material.

Blower

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

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Compton, CA, United States of America

Yoshiaki Matsuda