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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 17, 1998
Yoshikazu Togoshi, Osaka, JP;
Yoshiyuki Esaki, Sakai, JP;
Yoshihiro Kawahara, Sakai, JP;
Teruo Shimamura, Nishinomiya, JP;
Junichi Kitamura, Kawachinagano, JP;
Osami Fujiwara, Kishiwada, JP;
Hideya Umemoto, Sakai, JP;
Koji Fujiwara, Sakai, JP;
Kubota Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
A reel-type cutting unit including a reel blade for cutting grass in cooperation with a fixed blade. The reel blade is rotatable about a horizontal axis extending transversely of a vehicle body, to move from front to rear relative to the fixed blade with respect to a forward traveling direction of the vehicle body. The cutting unit has a main case surrounding the reel blade to define a space for carrying grass clippings in a rotating direction of the reel blade to a top level of the reel blade. A guide member is connected to the main case for receiving the grass clippings carried to the top level. The guide member defines a grass receiving space having a grass discharge opening. The grass discharge opening is connected to a grass catcher through a duct.