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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2010
Fumio Minami, Wako, JP;
Kenzo Shimada, Wako, JP;
Hiroshi Kobayashi, Wako, JP;
Hiroshi Hojo, Wako, JP;
Shuhei Maruyama, Wako, JP;
Fumio Minami, Wako, JP;
Kenzo Shimada, Wako, JP;
Hiroshi Kobayashi, Wako, JP;
Hiroshi Hojo, Wako, JP;
Shuhei Maruyama, Wako, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A lawnmower capable of being switched between a bagging mode and a mulching mode is disclosed. The lawnmower includes a shutter mechanism provided on an internal peripheral surface of a housing which opens downward for storing a cutting blade. The shutter mechanism is switched, by the operation of the shutter mechanism, between a bagging mode for delivering cut grass from the housing to a cut grass storage container and a mulching mode for discharging the cut grass out below the housing. The shutter mechanism has a kicker on a shutter body positioned in the interior of the housing. The kicker guides the cut grass to the bottom of the housing during the mulching mode.