Harvesters – Motorized harvester – Including motorized vehicle causing transit of harvester
Patent
1992-03-18
1994-01-04
Bagnell, David J.
Harvesters
Motorized harvester
Including motorized vehicle causing transit of harvester
56255, 56295, 74 13, 192 50, A01D 3473, A01D 3477
Patent
active
052749878
ABSTRACT:
A manual powered lawn mower comprises a pair of large diameter drive wheels on an axle, two clutch and roller bearing mechanisms on the axle coupling the drive wheels thereto, a gear mechanism coupled to the axle for translating rotation of the drive wheels to rotation of a gear around a vertical axis, and a rotary type blade which is coupled to the gear mechanism via a vertical axle and another clutch and roller bearing mechanism. When the lawn mower is pushed forward, the clutch and roller bearing mechanisms on the wheel axle causes the axle to drive the gear mechanism, which in turn drives the vertical axle and the blade. When a drive wheel is not turning the axle faster than the speed that the axle is turning, that drive wheel is decoupled by the clutch and roller bearing mechanism and no longer adds either power or drag to the system. With clutch and roller bearing mechanisms on each wheel, a "differential" is provided which permits maneuverability without adversely affecting blade speed. The clutch and roller bearing mechanism coupling the blade to the vertical axle permits the vertical axle to drive the blade provided the vertical axle is rotating as fast as the blade, but permits the blade to spin unimpeded otherwise. Numerous blade arrangements are provided, including inertial blades which ease lawn mower start-up, and different attachment modules are provided which convert the mower into a sweeper, mulcher, lawn edger, lawn thatcher, etc.
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Bagnell David J.
Gordon David P.
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