Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Lawn mower with pivotable grass collector
- Patent Title (中): 割草机与可枢转的草地收集器
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Application No.: US12051818Application Date: 2008-03-19
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Publication No.: US07730706B2Publication Date: 2010-06-08
- Inventor: Satoshi Ogata , Masashi Osuga , Takashi Shibata , Takashi Kuramoto , Hironobu Nishihara
- Applicant: Satoshi Ogata , Masashi Osuga , Takashi Shibata , Takashi Kuramoto , Hironobu Nishihara
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: Kubota Corporation
- Current Assignee: Kubota Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: The Webb Law Firm
- Priority: JP2007-124790 20070509
- Main IPC: A01D43/06
- IPC: A01D43/06

Abstract:
A lawn mower, comprising a vehicle body that is supported by a plurality of wheels; a support frame that is connected to a rear part of the vehicle body; a grass collector that is supported on the support frame so as to be pivoted between a grass collecting position and a discharge position about an axis oriented in the transverse direction of the vehicle body, the grass collector having a bottom surface; a swiveling body that is connected to a rotating shaft of the grass collector to be rotated in unison so as to switch the grass collector between the grass collecting position and the discharge position; and a cylinder connected to the swiveling body and to the support frame; wherein the swiveling body and the cylinder are disposed below the grass collector in the grass collecting position, and the cylinder extends along the bottom surface of the grass collector.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080276589A1 Lawn Mower Public/Granted day:2008-11-13
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