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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 10, 1997
Shozo Ishimori, Sakai, JP;
Masatoshi Yamaguchi, Sakai, JP;
Cristophe Auvergne, Argenteuil Cedex, FR;
Bertrand Leguillette, Argenteuil Cedex, FR;
Kubota Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
A rear discharge mower unit (50) with a mower housing (55) defining grass clippings flow paths for directing grass clippings rearward. The mower unit includes a power transmission mechanism for rotating a center blade (58) and a second side blade (60) in one direction and a first side blade (59) in the other direction, a center baffle (63) extending around a rotational axis of the center blade and defining a center flow path (69a) for feeding grass clippings to a grass clippings outlet (66), a first side baffle (64) extending around a rotational axis of the first side blade (59) and defining a first side flow path (69b) for feeding grass clippings to the grass clippings outlet (66), and a second side baffle (65) extending around a rotational axis of the second side blade (60) and defining a second side flow path (69c) for feeding grass clippings to the center flow path (69a).