Mowing apparatus
AssigneeWalker Manufacturing Company
InventorsWesley M. Walker, Robert W. Walker, Dean M. Walker
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Abstract
A vehicle is controllably powered to be steerably moved over an area. Mountable on the front is a cutter assembly. Also mounted on the vehicle is a hopper. Mowed cuttings are delivered by a conduit from the cutter to the hopper. That hopper is positioned atop the vehicle and coupled to the delivery end of the conduit. Moreover, the hopper is movable with respect to the vehicle into another position wherein the hopper is disengaged from the conduit and at which latter position cuttings may be easily removed.
Claims14
A mower comprising:
- a vehicle controllably powered to be steerably moved over an area to be mowed;
- a cutter assembly mounted on said vehicle for mowing;
- a hopper mounted on said vehicle;
- means including a conduit for delivering mowed cuttings from said cutter to said hopper;
- means for mounting said hopper atop said vehicle in a position in which said hopper is coupled to the delivery end of said conduit;
- and included in said mounting means for moving said hopper with respect to said vehicle into another position in which said hopper is disengaged from said conduit.
A mower comprising:
- a vehicle controllably powered to be steerably moved over an area to be mowed;
- a cutter assembly mounted on said vehicle for mowing;
- a hopper mounted on said vehicle;
- means including a conduit for delivering mowed cuttings from said cutter to said hopper;
- means for mounting said hopper on said vehicle in a position in which said hopper is coupled to the delivery end of said conduit;
- a motive power system carried by said vehicle;
- a said delivering means including blower for impelling cuttings from said cutter to said hopper through said conduit;
- and a clutch for selectively enabling operation of said cutter assembly and said blower separately from common powering of movement of said vehicle.
A mower comprising:
- a vehicle controllably powered to be steerably moved over an area to be mowed;
- a cutter assembly mounted on said vehicle for mowing;
- a hopper mounted on said vehicle;
- means including a conduit for delivering mowed cuttings from said cutter to said hopper;
- means for mounting said hopper on said vehicle in a position in which said hopper is coupled to the delivery end of said conduit;
- a motive-power system carried by said vehicle;
- means responsive to said motive power system for propelling said vehicle;
- means responsive to said motive power system for driving said delivering means and said cutter assembly;
- and a common element for supplying power from said motive-power system selectively to both of said responsive means.
A steerable vehicular appliance comprising:
- a frame;
- a pair of drive wheels mounted from one end of said frame;
- an engine carried by said frame;
- a throttle for operating said engine at a constant speed;
- a pair of motors selectively operable to supply power for rotation of said drive wheels in response to power supplied by said engine;
- a pair of levers manually operable to control said supply of power from said motors to said drive wheels;
- a motive transfer unit coupled between said engine and said motors;
- means, including another manually-operable lever, for regulating and limiting the supply of power from said engine to said motors through action of said pair of levers;
- a power take-off mounted from said frame and coupled to receive power from said engine;
- means for removably mounting an appliance apparatus to said frame;
- means carried by said frame for coupling power from said take-off to said appliance apparatus;
- and additional wheel means mounted from the other end of said frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.