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Rotary lawn mower with pivotal mulch door

US7367174B2 · kind B2 · utility

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10Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 18, 2005
Grant dateMay 6, 2008
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Expiry dateMay 9, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA01D42/005
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A rotary walk behind lawn mower has a wheeled cutting deck with a downwardly facing cutting chamber. A rotatable cutting blade is contained inside the cutting chamber above a lower edge of a peripheral sidewall and beneath a central hub, an annular channel being formed between the sidewall and the hub of the cutting chamber for receiving grass clippings from the cutting blade. A portion of the peripheral sidewall of the cutting chamber above the level of the cutting blade and a portion of a top wall of the cutting chamber form a pivotal mulch door for opening and closing the annular channel in which the grass clippings are moving.

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