Harvesters – Motorized harvester – Having motor on ground-supported carrier
Patent
1995-03-30
1996-11-26
Melius, Terry Lee
Harvesters
Motorized harvester
Having motor on ground-supported carrier
56256, 56504, 56DIG20, 172 28, A01D 3447
Patent
active
055773753
ABSTRACT:
A lawn care apparatus combining mowing, de-thatching, and mulching action with improved grass clippings and thatch removal characteristics, designed for operation over various types of lawn or turf, where the cutting assembly consists of a shaft with a plurality of readily replaceable blades mounted radially about the shaft which itself is mounted on the apparatus housing and rotating about a horizontal axis transverse to the direction of travel of the apparatus. The rotation of the cutting assembly being in the opposite direction to the rotation of the wheels of the apparatus. The housing designed to curve conformably near the outside edge of the blades over the top portion of the cutting assembly providing for improved gathering action for the grass clippings and thatch into a container attached to and removable from the apparatus. The apparatus having a power means mounted thereon to provide for rotation of the cutting assembly and propulsion of the apparatus.
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