Harvesters – Motorized harvester – Including plural operating units and drive
Patent
1995-05-23
1996-08-06
Melius, Terry Lee
Harvesters
Motorized harvester
Including plural operating units and drive
56 169, 56202, 56228, 56 166, A01D 3470
Patent
active
055422420
ABSTRACT:
A combination self-propelled lawn mower and wheeled cart for receiving and storing mower clippings. The mower is connected to the cart by an arm which turns a vertical drive shaft centrally located within the cart. This drive shaft is, in turn, geared to an axle attached to two wheels. As the mower moves, it circles the cart, and simultaneously rotates the drive shaft, and hence the axle. The cart is thus propelled forwardly, the mower simultaneously circling or orbiting about the cart. A chute attached to the mower receives clippings, and discharges the same into a receptacle located on the cart. One manual control located on the cart disengages the motive power to the cart wheels. A second manual control disengages motive power to the mower wheels. The mower and cart each have a combination of fixed and caster wheels, to stably and smoothly negotiate terrain. The arm connecting the mower to the cart is adjustable as to its position on the cart, so that the chute and an opening formed in the top of the clippings receptacle align appropriately.
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Chun Shackelford Heather
Melius Terry Lee
Siemens Terrance L.
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