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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2013
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Tomokazu Kimura, Wako, JP;
Toshiro Uchida, Wako, JP;
Kohei Akazawa, Wako, JP;
Takahiro Yamamoto, Wako, JP;
HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A riding lawn mower includes: a delivery passage for delivering cut grass from a housing to a receptacle; and a shutter mechanism provided on a lower portion of the delivery passage for switching the mower between a bagging mode in which cut grass is delivered from the housing to the receptacle and a mulching mode in which cut grass is discharged downward of the housing. The shutter mechanism includes a horizontal pivot shaft disposed on the lower portion of the delivery passage, and a shutter plate pivotable about the pivot shaft between a fully closed position where the shutter plate closes the delivery passage to place the mower in the mulching mode and a fully opened position where the shutter plate is laid down toward a discharge side of the delivery passage to place the mower in the bagging mode.