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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2003
Yasuyuki Suhara, Osaka, JP;
Naoto Yamanaka, Osaka, JP;
Yasuyuki Suhara, Osaka, JP;
Naoto Yamanaka, Osaka, JP;
Yanmar Agricultural Equipment Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A running mower includes a traveling bodysupported by a pair of front wheelsand a pair of rear wheels, a rotary mowing unitvertically movably mounted to the traveling body between the front wheels and the rear wheels, and an outlet ductextending backward for discharging mowed grass. A downwardly open channel-shaped upper ductcovers an outletof the rotary mowing unit for mowed grass. The upper duct has a rear end inserted into an upper front end of the outlet duct. The outlet ductis channel-shaped to be downwardly open. The underside of the outlet duct is provided with an upwardly open channel-shaped lower ductforming a bottom element of the outlet duct and having a vertically movable front end. The front end of the lower duct moves together with the rotary mowing unit, so that the mowed grass is smoothly discharged even if the mowing height of the rotary mowing unit is lowered.