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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2004
Kazuo Samejima, Sakai, JP;
Yoshikazu Togoshi, Sakai, JP;
Masato Asahara, Sakai, JP;
Yoshiyuki Esaki, Sakai, JP;
Akira Minoura, Sakai, JP;
Osami Fujiwara, Sakai, JP;
Kazuo Samejima, Sakai, JP;
Yoshikazu Togoshi, Sakai, JP;
Masato Asahara, Sakai, JP;
Yoshiyuki Esaki, Sakai, JP;
Akira Minoura, Sakai, JP;
Osami Fujiwara, Sakai, JP;
Kubota Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A lawn mower comprises a blade drive shaft with a blade rotatably mounted inside a mower deck supported by a vehicle body, a blower unit including a cylindrical blower housing connected to a grass clippings discharging section provided in a side end region of the mower deck, a vertical drive shaft having a shaft portion with vanes attached thereto inside the blower housing and a shaft portion extending upward through the blower housing, and a discharging sleeve projecting rearwardly along an outer tangent line of the blower housing, a grass collecting apparatus mounted rearwardly of the vehicle body, a duct for allowing the discharging sleeve to communicate with the grass collecting apparatus, and a belt-type blower driving mechanism for driving the vertical drive shaft of the blower unit. The belt-type blower driving mechanism includes an intermediate vertical shaft disposed rearwardly of the blower housing, and a belt transmission unit for transmitting power from the blade drive shaft to the vertical drive shaft through the intermediate vertical shaft.