SELF-PROPELLED LAWN MOWER WITH CHIPPER
First Claim
1. A lawn mower with an integral chipper or shredder, comprising:
- a deck, having a general overall volute shape with a rearwards-facing funnel which runs along one side of said deck, expanding towards and exiting at the rear of said deck, the exit of said funnel forming an exit aperture at the rear of said deck,a skirt arranged around at least part of the perimeter of said deck, said deck and said skirt enclosing a cutting space under said deck,a handle connected to the rear of said deck,a front wheel set and a rear wheel set located at the front and the rear of said deck respectively,a motor attached to the outside top of said deck, said motor having a drive shaft extending downwards from said motor through said deck, the lower part of said drive shaft located substantially at the centre of said cutting space,at least one grass cutting blade or blades,at least one chipper or shredder blade or blades,said at least one grass cutting blade and said at least one chipper blade connected to said drive shaft within said cutting space so that in use said drive shaft causes said at least one grass cutting blade to rotate in a substantially horizontal grass cutting plane and said at least one chipper blade to rotate in a substantially horizontal chipping plane, said chipper blade located above said grass cutting blade so that said chipping plane is above said grass cutting plane in said cutting space,a chipper tube having an upper end and a lower end, said lower end opening into said cutting space above and within the perimeter of the chipper cutting disc formed by rotation of said at least one chipper blade in use,said mower also having a power take-off mechanism connecting to said rear wheel set and said motor and adapted to drive said rear wheel set in use.
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Abstract
A lawn mower with an integral chipper or shredder, comprising a deck that has a volute shape with a rearwards-facing funnel along one side, expanding towards and exiting at the rear of the deck, a skirt arranged around the perimeter of the deck to enclose a cutting space, a handle, front and rear wheel sets, and a motor having a drive shaft extending downwards through the deck, the mower also having grass cutting blades and shredder blades connected to the drive shaft, the chipper blades located above the grass cutting blades, the mower also having a chipper tube running through the deck and opening above the chipper blades, the mower also having a power take-off mechanism connecting to the rear wheels and the motor, and adapted to drive the rear wheels in use.
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15 Claims
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1. A lawn mower with an integral chipper or shredder, comprising:
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a deck, having a general overall volute shape with a rearwards-facing funnel which runs along one side of said deck, expanding towards and exiting at the rear of said deck, the exit of said funnel forming an exit aperture at the rear of said deck, a skirt arranged around at least part of the perimeter of said deck, said deck and said skirt enclosing a cutting space under said deck, a handle connected to the rear of said deck, a front wheel set and a rear wheel set located at the front and the rear of said deck respectively, a motor attached to the outside top of said deck, said motor having a drive shaft extending downwards from said motor through said deck, the lower part of said drive shaft located substantially at the centre of said cutting space, at least one grass cutting blade or blades, at least one chipper or shredder blade or blades, said at least one grass cutting blade and said at least one chipper blade connected to said drive shaft within said cutting space so that in use said drive shaft causes said at least one grass cutting blade to rotate in a substantially horizontal grass cutting plane and said at least one chipper blade to rotate in a substantially horizontal chipping plane, said chipper blade located above said grass cutting blade so that said chipping plane is above said grass cutting plane in said cutting space, a chipper tube having an upper end and a lower end, said lower end opening into said cutting space above and within the perimeter of the chipper cutting disc formed by rotation of said at least one chipper blade in use, said mower also having a power take-off mechanism connecting to said rear wheel set and said motor and adapted to drive said rear wheel set in use. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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