Lawn mower
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsHajime Yoshimura, Koji Kuriyagawa, Satoshi Onodera
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Abstract
A lawn mower includes a hollow shaft, a cutter blade, flaps, a belt type continuously variable transmission, and a transmission mechanism. The cutter blade extends along a horizontal line which is perpendicular to the hollow shaft. The flaps are provided for the cutter blade. Each of the flaps has a flap angle changeable along the horizontal line. A control force converter unit of the belt type continuously variable transmission converts a displacement force of the movable sheave relative to the fixed sheave in an axial direction into a control force that controls the flap angle of the flaps. The transmission mechanism is accommodated inside the hollow shaft, and transmits the control force to the flaps.
Claims4
A lawn mower comprising:
- a housing including an opened bottom;
- a rotation shaft extending in a vertical direction of the housing and having a lower end positioned within the housing;
- a cutter blade provided for the rotation shaft, and accommodated in the housing;
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- a belt type continuously variable transmission provided in a working power transmission system from a drive source to the rotation shaft, the belt type continuously variable transmission capable of changing a reduction ratio of a driven pulley to a drive pulley in a continuous manner,
- wherein the cutter blade extends along a horizontal line which is perpendicular to the rotation shaft;
- the driven pulley includes a fixed sheave provided for the rotation shaft, a movable sheave which is displaceable relative to the fixed sheave in an axial direction, and a torque cam mechanism configured to partially convert a rotation force applied to the movable sheave into a thrust that presses a side surface of a V-belt;
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- the lawn mower further comprises:
- a flap provided for at least part of the cutter blade, the flap having a flap angle changeable along the horizontal line;
- a control force converter unit configured to convert a displacement force of the movable sheave relative to the fixed sheave in the axial direction into a control force that controls the flap angle of the flap;
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- a transmission mechanism configured to transmit the control force of the control force converter unit to the flap, and
- wherein the rotation shaft comprises a hollow shaft;
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- the transmission mechanism is accommodated inside the hollow shaft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.