Snow removing machine
AssigneeHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorJitsumi Hanafusa
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Abstract
A snow removing machine having an electromagnetic clutch mounted to an output shaft of an engine, and a drive pulley. The electromagnetic clutch is mounted to a proximal end of the output shaft to be remotely separate from the engine. As a result, heat generated in the engine during operation thereof is not directly transferred to the electromagnet clutch whose magnetic force generated during operation is not deteriorated. The drive pulley is mounted to the output shaft at an area closer to the engine. The drive pulley has a lower weight than the electromagnet clutch, thereby mitigating load to be exerted to a part which supports the output shaft.
Claims4
A snow removing machine comprising:
- a prime mover;
- an output shaft for outputting power from the prime mover;
- an electromagnetic clutch located at a distal end of the output shaft;
- a drive pulley located at a proximal end of the output shaft;
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- a snow-removing work section, designed to be driven by power transmitted from the output shaft to the drive pulley and a transmission belt via the electromagnetic clutch, for performing snow-removing work.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.