Dual bladed walk power mower with timed blade drive system carried on an apron of a power source mount
US8701377B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 18, 2013 |
| Grant date | Apr 22, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 18, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA01D43/0636
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A walk power mower has a mower deck that encloses a pair of rotary cutting blades with the grass clippings from the blades being discharged through a rearwardly extending grass discharge tunnel in a rear bagging mode of operation. The blades are powered by a timed drive system that is carried by a horizontal apron that is part of a cast aluminum engine mount. The engine mount and the apron are bolted to a stamped steel deck shell that forms the cutting chamber in which the blades rotate. The mower has a side discharge mode in which a side discharge chute is releasably mounted over a side discharge opening. The chute carries a flow cutoff baffle having an inwardly protruding inner end that sticks through the side discharge opening to intercept and direct the clippings out through the side discharge opening and through the chute in the side discharge mode.
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