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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2013
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Atsushi Moroi, Wako, JP;
Makoto Uchimi, Wako, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Riding lawn mower switchable between mulching and bagging modes includes: a delivery passage for delivering grass, cut by cutting blades in a housing, from the housing to a receptacle by delivering air; and a scroll guide provided in an entrance of the passage for directing the grass clippings to the passage. An overall shape of the scroll guide as viewed in top plan is a substantial isosceles triangle extending into the housing while tapering forward from a scroll guide's base section located in the entrance and as viewed in side elevation is a substantial triangle tapering forward from the base section. Left and right side surfaces of the scroll guide each comprises lower and upper slanting surfaces formed as different slants, each of which gradually increases in area from the distal end of the scroll guide toward the base section.