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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2006
Usman Firdaus, Strongsville, OH (US);
Philip B. Smith, Vermilion, OH (US);
Usman Firdaus, Strongsville, OH (US);
Philip B. Smith, Vermilion, OH (US);
MTD Products Inc, Valley City, OH (US);
Abstract
A clutching mechanism () for a cultivating tiller. The tiller has an engine () mounted on a frame () with a rotatable output shaft (), a rotatable working shaft (), and a transmission () operatively connecting to the working shaft, the transmission having a rotatable transmission shaft () coaxially aligned with the output shaft of the engine. The clutching mechanism includes an upper half pulley () attached to the output shaft, and a lower half pulley () attached to the transmission shaft, wherein the upper half pulley and lower half pulley are coaxially positioned in a facing but non-contacting relationship such that the upper half pulley is able to freely rotate with respect to the lower half pulley. The clutching mechanism also includes a belt () positioned between the upper half pulley and the lower half pulley, and a tensioning assembly () configured to selectively tension the belt so that the belt transmits rotation of the upper half pulley to the lower half pulley.