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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 1991
Filed:
Feb. 06, 1989
Kazuo Samejima, Osaka, JP;
Hiroaki Kawakita, Osaka, JP;
Yoshikazu Togoshi, Osaka, JP;
Yoshiaki Matsuda, Osaka, JP;
Takao Sakatsuji, Osaka, JP;
Colin Fulford, Compton, CA (US);
Kubota, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
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.