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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 20, 1998
Hironori Tsuchihashi, Wakayama, JP;
Yoshikazu Togoshi, Osaka, JP;
Koji Fujiwara, Sakai, JP;
Yoshiyuki Esaki, Sakai, JP;
Kazuo Samejima, Kaizuka, JP;
Junichi Kitamura, Kawachinagano, JP;
Matsuo Tachibana, Takaishi, JP;
Teruo Shimamura, Nishinomiya, JP;
Osami Fujiwara, Kishiwada, JP;
Yoshihiro Kawahara, Sakai, JP;
Kubota Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A lawn tractor includes a vehicle body, a center reel-type cutting unit, and side reel-type cutting units arranged laterally of the center reel-type cutting unit with respect to a moving direction of the vehicle body, wherein a cutting track by the center reel-type cutting unit and cutting tracks by the side reel-type cutting units partly overlap one another. A first lift mechanism vertically movably connects the center reel-type cutting unit to the vehicle body, wherein the first lift mechanism is operable to raise and lower the center reel-type cutting unit without displacing the center reel-type cutting unit transversely of the moving direction. Second lift mechanisms vertically movably connect the side reel-type cutting units to the vehicle body, respectively, wherein the second lift mechanisms are operable to raise and lower the side reel-type cutting units without displacing the side reel-type cutting units transversely of the moving direction.