Harvesters – Cutting and catching – Catchers
Patent
1989-12-11
1991-02-12
Bui, Thuy M.
Harvesters
Cutting and catching
Catchers
56203, A01D 3522, A01D 6100
Patent
active
049913840
ABSTRACT:
A sweeper apparatus for sweeping grass cuttings from a lawn and depositing the cuttings in a pile includes a wheel carried frame for towing directly behind or offset with respect to a tractor type lawn mower, a drum mounted on the frame with an open top front end for receiving lawn cuttings, a rotary sweeper for sweeping lawn cuttings upwardly beneath a cowl into the drum, a lever pivotally connected to the frame for manual actuation to tension a belt/pulley system which causes the drum to rotate to a cuttings discharge position and to return to a cuttings receiving position, and a release device for deactivating the tilt mechanism, whereby the drum returns to the cuttings receiving position.
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Bui Thuy M.
Dunsmuir George H.
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