Mulching stand for rotary lawnmower
OwnerBruno Caroninventor
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Abstract
A mulching stand for a rotary lawnmower of the type wherein rotary blades are mounted on a vertical shaft inside a housing and coupled to a motor positioned on the housing, is disclosed. The mulching stand comprises a frame for supporting the lawnmower upright a certain distance above the ground, a duct mounted in the structure for guiding material to be mulched upwardly into the path of the rotary blades, a piston device for pushing out of the duct the material remaining therein at the end of the mulching operation.
Claims5
A mulching stand for a rotary lawnmower of the type having a housing and wherein rotary blades are mounted on a vertical shaft inside said housing and coupled to a motor positioned on said housing, said stand comprising a frame for removably supporting the lawnmower upright a certain distance above ground, said frame comprising four vertical sides and a top wall, upon which said rotary lawnmower may be placed, a duct of uniform cross-section throughout its length mounted at an angle within said frame and having an inlet port in registry with an opening in one of the vertical sides of the frame and an outlet port in registry with an opening in the top wall of the frame, said duct serving to guide material to be mulched upwardly into the path of said rotary blade, and piston means movable within said duct for pushing towards said rotary blades, the material remaining in said duct at the end of the mulching operation.
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