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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 1980
Filed:
Aug. 04, 1978
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard A Thorud, Bloomington, MN (US);
Assignee:
The Toro Company, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
56 134 ; 56 137 ; 56255 ;
Abstract
A rotary mulching mower having a housing which defines a cutting chamber and has a kicker mounted therein to direct grass clippings generally downward into the cutting path. A cutting blade is mounted to the housing and disposed within the cutting chamber for rotation about a generally vertical axis. The cutting chamber is generally cylindrical and in the preferred embodiment a plurality of kickers are mounted within the chamber and spaced apart about its circumference. The mower has a central deck that encloses the cutting chamber and a rear deck with vertical sidewalls that taper rearwardly from the central deck to a rear wall.