Mown-grass collecting bucket

A mown-grass collecting bucket, characterized in that a hollow mown-grass collecting box (21) is provided at a position corresponding to a cutter side of a lawn mower with a mown-grass intake port (22) and at a lower portion of the box (21) with a mown-grass discharge port (26), and there is provided in the mown-grass collecting box (21) a mown-grass collecting and discharging mechanism for closing the discharge port (26) when the mown grass is collected into the collecting box (21) with first and second blades (31, 34) kept open in a mountain-shape by means of a rotary shaft (28) linked with a rotary drive source (29) to be driven thereby, the first blade (31) mounted through a pair of first brackets (32) to the rotary shaft (28) for integral rotation therewith, the second blade (34) supported through a pair of second brackets (35) by support shafts (33) to be rotatable thereabout and having at tip edge a brush (36), the support shafts (33) being provided on the first brackets (32), and a twist spring (40) mounted across the support shaft (33) and the first and second brackets (32, 35);

• and for opening the discharge port (26) when the mown grass is discharged while the first and second blades (31, 34) are rotating and moving from the discharge port (26) through the intake port (22) back to the discharge port (26), with the brush (36) at the tip edge of the second blade (34) made to scrape together the mown grass within the box (21) to lead it to the position of the discharge port (26) opened for discharging the grass thereout.