Patent · US Expired

Multi-purpose mowing blade for discharge, bagging, and mulching

US5327710A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 14, 1993
Grant dateJul 12, 1994
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Expiry dateJan 14, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S56/17
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A mulching blade for a lawn mower including in combination a diagonal flange on the blade tip upwardly extending at a 20.degree., a neighboring cutout in the back of the blade, and a spaced downwardly extending flange section. These elements cooperate to recirculate the grass clippings in a circular manner through the region of the cutting edge so as to provide for a low inertia improved efficiency multi-purpose blade.

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