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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 1996
Filed:
Mar. 27, 1995
Masatake Murakawa, Sakai, JP;
Eriya Harada, Sakai, JP;
Katsuhiko Uemura, Sakai, JP;
Kazuaki Kurohara, Sakai, JP;
Kubota Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A lawn tractor has an engine with a vertical output shaft, front wheels and rear wheels, a body frame extending longitudinally of the tractor, a mower unit supported by the body frame, a grass catcher supported the by body frame, a blower unit supported by the body frame, and a duct for transporting grass clippings cut by the mower unit into the grass catcher. The duct includes a first duct portion extending between the mower unit and the blower unit, and a second duct portion extending between the blower unit and the grass catcher. The mower unit has a vertical mower drive shaft for receiving engine power. The blower unit has a vertical blower input shaft for receiving engine power. An intermediate shaft is disposed between the mower unit and blower unit. The intermediate shaft has a first, a second and a third pulleys mounted thereon. The first pulley is drivably connected to the engine output shaft. The second pulley is drivably connected to the mower drive shaft. The third pulley is drivably connected to the blower input shaft.