Harvesters – Motorized harvester – Including plural operating units and drive
Patent
1995-05-09
1997-03-25
Melius, Terry Lee
Harvesters
Motorized harvester
Including plural operating units and drive
56 169, 56 127, 563202, 56202, A01D 3470
Patent
active
056133537
ABSTRACT:
An improved lawnmower mulching attachment for comminuting grass clippings cut by the mower is provided having a housing defining a mulching chamber, a rotatable mulching impeller within the chamber and a duct intercommunicating the housing and the mower deck, wherein the attachment effectively utilizes the momentum of the laterally discharged grass clippings and suction pressure created by the mulching impeller to transfer the clippings from the mower deck to the mulching chamber. The housing includes an outlet for discharging the comminuted grass clippings and a bottom wall having an inlet leading to the mulching chamber. The housing is mounted above the mower deck of the mower such that the upright axis of the mulching impeller is laterally offset from the upright axis of the cutting element. Further, the duct is connected between the inlet of the housing and the lateral discharge of the mower deck for transferring grass clippings from the deck to the chamber. The mulching impeller is coupled with the power source of the lawnmower so that mulching operations may be selectively controlled by the mower operator.
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Beach Thomas A.
Melius Terry Lee
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