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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 1993
Filed:
Jun. 23, 1992
Akira Minoura, Sakai, JP;
Masagi Kure, Sakai, JP;
Yoji Fujiwara, Sakai, JP;
Masatake Murakawa, Sakai, JP;
Masatsugu Tone, Sakai, JP;
Mikio Yuki, Sakai, JP;
Kubota Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A lawn mower includes a blade housing enclosing grass cutting blades and having a lateral discharge opening, a blower unit connected to the discharge opening, and a duct connected to the blower unit for transporting grass clippings to a grass catcher. The blower unit includes an elbow-like lower blower housing connected to the blade housing, an upper blower housing having a substantially vertical cylindrical side wall connected to the duct, and an impeller mounted in the upper blower housing to be rotatable about a vertical axis. The impeller has a plane of rotation above a plane of rotation of the blades. The lower blower housing includes a flange for connection to the upper blower housing. The flange has an opening elongated in a direction along a passage defined by the two blower housings. This opening has width approximately half of the diameter of the impeller.