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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2008
Satoshi Ogata, Sakai, JP;
Masashi Osuga, Nara, JP;
Takashi Shibata, Sakai, JP;
Takashi Kuramoto, Sakai, JP;
Hironobu Nishihara, Sakai, JP;
Satoshi Ogata, Sakai, JP;
Masashi Osuga, Nara, JP;
Takashi Shibata, Sakai, JP;
Takashi Kuramoto, Sakai, JP;
Hironobu Nishihara, Sakai, JP;
Kubota Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A lawn mower, comprising a vehicle body that is supported by a plurality of wheels; a support frame that is connected to a rear part of the vehicle body; a grass collector that is supported on the support frame so as to be pivoted between a grass collecting position and a discharge position about an axis oriented in the transverse direction of the vehicle body, the grass collector having a bottom surface; a swiveling body that is connected to a rotating shaft of the grass collector to be rotated in unison so as to switch the grass collector between the grass collecting position and the discharge position; and a cylinder connected to the swiveling body and to the support frame; wherein the swiveling body and the cylinder are disposed below the grass collector in the grass collecting position, and the cylinder extends along the bottom surface of the grass collector.