Riding type mower
AssigneeKubota Corporation
InventorAkihito SUGIO
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Abstract
A cover having a side skirt and an upper face part covers a pulley provided to a mower deck. A latch mechanism removably attaches the cover to a top plate of the mower deck using an elastic deformation of the cover. The latch mechanism includes a first bracket forming a first opening, and a second bracket which is provided to the top plate so as to oppose to the first bracket via the pulley, and forms at least one second opening, a first projection provided to the side skirt of the cover, and for engaging with the first opening when attaching the cover, and at least one second projection provided to the side skirt of the cover, and for engaging with the second opening when attaching the cover.
Claims20
A mower unit to be attached to an engine-powered mower, comprising:
- a rotary blade;
- a mower deck covering the rotary blade;
- a drive shaft penetrating a top plate of the mower deck, the drive shaft having a lower part located below the top plate and an upper part located above the top plate, the rotary blade is attached to the lower part;
- a pulley type power transmission device for transmitting power from an engine to the drive shaft, the pulley type power transmission device including a pulley attached to the upper part of the drive shaft;
- a cover having a side skirt and an upper face part, covering the pulley;
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- a latch mechanism for removably attaching the cover onto the top plate of the mower deck using an elastic deformation of the upper face part of the cover, the latch mechanism including:
- a first bracket provided to the top plate and formed with at least one first opening;
- a second bracket provided to the top plate so as to oppose to the first bracket via the pulley and formed with at least one second opening;
- at least one first projection provided to the side skirt of the cover, and for engaging with the first opening when attaching the cover;
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- at least one second projection provided to the side skirt of the cover, and for engaging with the second opening when attaching the cover.
A mower unit to be attached to an engine-powered mower, comprising:
- a rotary blade;
- a mower deck covering the rotary blade;
- a drive shaft penetrating a top plate of the mower deck, the drive shaft having a lower part located below the top plate and an upper part located above the top plate, the rotary blade being attached to the lower part;
- a pulley type power transmission device for transmitting power from an engine to the drive shaft, the pulley type power transmission device including a pulley attached to the upper part of the drive shaft;
- a cover comprising a side skirt and an upper face part, and being releasably attachable to the top plate of the mover deck;
- said upper face part comprising first and second ribs extending downwardly and being spaced inwardly from the side skirt;
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- said side skirt of the cover comprising;
- at least one first projection releasably engagable with an opening of a first bracket arranged on the top plate;
- at least one second projection releasably engagable with an opening of a second bracket arranged on the top plate,
- wherein the cover deflects during installation of the cover onto the top plate of the mower deck.
A mower unit to be attached to an engine-powered mower, comprising:
- a rotary blade;
- a mower deck covering the rotary blade;
- a drive shaft penetrating a top plate of the mower deck, the drive shaft having a lower part located below the top plate and an upper part located above the top plate, the rotary blade being attached to the lower part;
- a pulley type power transmission device for transmitting power from an engine to the drive shaft, the pulley type power transmission device including a pulley attached to the upper part of the drive shaft;
- a cover comprising a side skirt and an upper face part and being releasably attachable to the top plate of the mover deck;
- said side skirt of the cover comprising;
- a notch structured and arranged to permit elastic deformation of the cover so that the cover can be removed;
- at least one first projection releasably engagable with an opening of a first bracket arranged on the top plate;
- at least one second projection releasably engagable with an opening of a second bracket arranged on the top plate,
- wherein the upper face part is deflectable during installation of the cover onto the top plate of the mower deck.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.