Lawn mower planetary gear blade clutch and brake
AssigneeOutboard Marine Corporation
InventorGerald H. Wick
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a lawn mower comprising a cutter blade housing supported for movement along the ground, a cutter blade assembly including a cutter blade, and a gear housing fixed to the cutter blade and including therein a first pinion and a second pinion in mesh with the first pinion, a drive shaft extending into the gear box and having fixed thereon the first pinion, and mechanism mounting the second pinion in the gear box about a rotary axis fixed with respect to the gear box, which mechanism is operable to selectively prevent and permit rotation of the pinion relative to the gear box.
Claims14
A lawn mower comprising a housing supported for movement along the ground, a cutter blade assembly including a cutter blade, and a gear housing fixed to said cutter blade and including therein a first pinion, and a second pinion in mesh with said first pinion, a drive shaft extending into said gear box and having fixed thereon said first pinion, and means mounting said second pinion in said gear box about a rotary axis fixed with respect to said gear box, said mounting means including means operable for selectively preventing and permitting rotation of said second pinion relative to said gear box.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.