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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2003
Yasuyuki Suhara, Osaka, JP;
Yasuyuki Suhara, Osaka, JP;
Yanmar Agricultural Equipment Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A running mower of the present invention comprises a traveling bodyprovided, between the front wheelsand the rear wheels, with a rotary mowing unitwhich includes a laterally spaced pair of mowing blades. The traveling body is also provided with an outlet ductextending backward from between the mowing blades past a position between the rear wheels for discharging grass mown by the mowing blades. The rotary mowing unitis provided with a forwardly extending mower input shaftdisposed offset from the center of the mowing blades toward one mowing bladeby an appropriate amount L. A front part of the traveling bodyis provided with an enginewhose power is transmitted to the input shaft via a mower transmission shafthaving a respective end provided with a universal joint. As a result, the power transmission from the engine to the rotary mowing unit is simplified while the mown grass is disposed smoothly from the outlet duct