Variable mulching system for a lawnmower
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Abstract
A lawnmower is convertible between a bagging mode and a mulching mode. The convertible lawnmower includes a cutter housing having a discharge opening, an engine mount centrally positioned on the cutter housing, a prime mover supported on the engine mount, a rotary mulching blade coupled to the prime mover to rotate in a cutting plane about a rotation axis within the cutter housing, a cover and a fin extending from the cover toward the cutting plane. The cover is movably mounted within the cutter housing in a plane parallel to the cutting plane and between a full bagging position where the discharge opening is unobstructed by the cover and a full mulching position where the cover obstructs the discharge opening.
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21 Claims
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1-16. -16. (Canceled).
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17. A lawnmower convertible between a bagging mode and a mulching mode, the convertible lawnmower comprising:
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a cutter housing having a discharge opening;
an engine mount on the cutter housing;
a prime mover supported on the engine mount;
a mulching blade coupled to the prime mover to rotate within the cutter housing;
a cover that slides within the cutter housing between a full bagging position where the discharge opening is substantially unobstructed by the cover and a full mulching position where the cover substantially obstructs the discharge opening;
a rotary knob operatively connected to the cover; and
indicia adjacent the rotary knob indicating the operational state of the cover based on the position of the rotary knob relative to the indicia. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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21-24. -24. (Canceled)
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