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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2006
Masaji Kure, Kishiwada, JP;
Yoshikazu Togoshi, Osaka, JP;
Koji Fujiwara, Sakai, JP;
Kazuo Samejima, Kaizuka, JP;
Masatoshi Yamaguchi, Izumi, JP;
Kazuo Koike, Kobe, JP;
Yoshiyuki Esaki, Sakai, JP;
Masaji Kure, Kishiwada, JP;
Yoshikazu Togoshi, Osaka, JP;
Koji Fujiwara, Sakai, JP;
Kazuo Samejima, Kaizuka, JP;
Masatoshi Yamaguchi, Izumi, JP;
Kazuo Koike, Kobe, JP;
Yoshiyuki Esaki, Sakai, JP;
Kubota Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A rear discharge type mower apparatus comprising a blade housing having a top plate, a front wall and at least one side wall; a support shaft supported by the blade housing and extending vertically; a rotatable blade supported by the support shaft, a tip end of the blade forming a rotation path; and a guide plate located rearwardly of the front wall and having a shape extending along the rotation path of a corresponding blade, and forming an opening for ejecting cut grass rearwardly. The guide plate has a first end located in an upstream position with respect to a rotating direction of the corresponding blade, and a second end located in a downstream position with respect to the rotating direction of the corresponding blade; and an auxiliary plate extending from an area of the first end into inside the rotation path of the corresponding blade.