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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 07, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
David J Sugden, Horicon, WI (US);
Jeffrey O Neitzel, Mayville, WI (US);
Assignee:
Scag Power Equipment, Inc., Mayville, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
563202 ; 56202 ;
Abstract
A lawn mower includes a cutter deck for enclosing a cutter blade, an engine for driving the cutter blade, a discharge assembly coupled to the cutter deck and having first and second outlets, a hopper coupled to the first outlet a discharge chute coupled to the second outlet, and a gate mounted on the discharge assembly and movable between a first position covering the first outlet whereby the discharge assembly communicates with the discharge chute and a second position covering the second outlet whereby the discharge assembly communicates with the hopper.