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US 2026/0107877 A1Published application
Lawnmower collection vessel fill indicator assemblies
AssigneeTechtronic Cordless GP
InventorsAlex Field, Eli Tiemann, Joshua Shafran, Maxwell Koerner, Phillip Holloway, Samuel Kiley
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Abstract
Collection vessel fill-indicator assemblies and mowers with collection vessel fill-indicator assemblies are provided. A collection vessel fill-indicator assembly includes a capacitance element configured to be disposed adjacent to a collection vessel of a mower to detect a fill state of the collection vessel; and an interference guard disposed around a portion of the capacitance element to shield the capacitance element from interference.
Claims20
A mower comprising:
- a body housing a cutting implement;
- a collection vessel configured to receive clippings discharged from the body;
- and
- a collection vessel fill-indicator assembly that detects a fill state of the collection vessel at least in part using tilt detection information associated with a relative tilt angle of the mower.
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A method of operating a mower, the method comprising:
- operating the mower over an underlying surface such that clippings are generated by a cutting implement of the mower and discharged into a collection vessel of the mower;
- and
- with previously cut clippings retained by the collection vessel, determining a fill state of the collection vessel based at least in part on tilt detection information associated with a relative tilt angle of the mower.
A mower comprising:
- a collection vessel configured to receive clippings discharged by a cutting implement;
- and
- a collection vessel fill-indicator assembly configured to detect a fill state of the collection vessel at least in part using tilt detection information associated with a relative tilt angle of the mower.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.