Lawn mower having an engine disposed rearwardly of a driver's seat
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1. A lawn mower comprising:
- a plurality of wheels;
a vehicle body supported by the wheels;
a mower unit supported by said vehicle body;
a driver'"'"'s seat supported by said vehicle body;
an engine supported by said vehicle body rearwardly of said driver'"'"'s seat;
a radiator disposed between said engine and said driver'"'"'s seat;
a hood for covering said engine; and
a dust filtering case disposed at a forward portion of said hood for allowing ambient cooling air to be drawn into said radiator, the dust filtering case surrounding at least a part of the radiator and having a net portion on at least one side thereof, the net portion extending rearwardly beyond a front surface of said radiator;
wherein the net portion has a front face net portion, upper net portion and a pair of lateral net portions that extend continuously from the front face net portion;
wherein the upper net portion is continuous with a corresponding portion of the engine hood; and
wherein the pair of lateral net portions are continuous with corresponding portions of the engine hood.
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Abstract
A lawn mower comprises: a plurality of wheels; a vehicle body supported by the wheels; a mower unit supported by said vehicle body; a driver'"'"'s seat supported by said vehicle body; an engine supported by said vehicle body rearwardly of said driver'"'"'s seat; a radiator disposed between said engine and said driver'"'"'s seat; a hood for covering said engine; and a dust filtering case disposed at a forward portion of said hood for allowing ambient cooling air to be drawn into said radiator, the dust filtering case surrounding at least a part of the radiator and having a net portion on at least one side thereof, the net portion extending rearwardly beyond a front surface of said radiator.
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1. A lawn mower comprising:
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a plurality of wheels; a vehicle body supported by the wheels; a mower unit supported by said vehicle body; a driver'"'"'s seat supported by said vehicle body; an engine supported by said vehicle body rearwardly of said driver'"'"'s seat; a radiator disposed between said engine and said driver'"'"'s seat; a hood for covering said engine; and a dust filtering case disposed at a forward portion of said hood for allowing ambient cooling air to be drawn into said radiator, the dust filtering case surrounding at least a part of the radiator and having a net portion on at least one side thereof, the net portion extending rearwardly beyond a front surface of said radiator; wherein the net portion has a front face net portion, upper net portion and a pair of lateral net portions that extend continuously from the front face net portion; wherein the upper net portion is continuous with a corresponding portion of the engine hood; and wherein the pair of lateral net portions are continuous with corresponding portions of the engine hood. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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