Clipping collector equipped with front mower
AssigneeKubota Corporation
InventorsTerutaka Takei, Shigeru Morita, Hiroaki Kawakita
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Abstract
A frame has mounted thereon an engine and a speed change unit arranged adjacent to each other widewise of the frame to provide a vehicle body. The vehicle body has a front axle supporting a pair of front wheels thereon, a rear axle supporting at least one steering rear wheel, a mount assembly at its front portion for attaching thereto a mower having at least one cutter, and a clipping container mounted on its rear portion. From a clipping outlet formed in the rear portion of the mower, a duct extends rearward generally horizontally under the front axle, is bent upward behind one of the front wheels and is connected to the clipping container.
Claims11
A clipping collector equipped with a front mower and comprising a frame having an engine and a speed change unit mounted thereon to provide a vehicle body, a pair of opposed front wheels supported by a front axle at the front portion of the vehicle body, the mower being positioned to the front of the front wheels and attached to the vehicle body by a mount assembly, at least one rear wheel supported by a rear axle at the rear portion of the vehicle body, a clipping container disposed above the rear wheel, the mower having at least one cutter operable by the power transmitted from the engine, the mower having a clipping outlet at a widthwise intermediate portion of its rear side, and clipping transfer means having a duct extending from the clipping outlet to the clipping container, the duct extending from the clipping outlet generally horizontally rearward under the front axle, and being bent upward at a lengthwise intermediate portion thereof and connected to the clipping container, and the engine and the speed change unit are arranged adjacent to each other widthwise of the frame between the front and rear axles.
A clipping collector equipped with a front mower and comprising a frame having an engine and a speed change unit mounted thereon to provide a vehicle body, a pair of opposed front wheels supported by a front axle at the front portion of the vehicle body, the mower being positioned to the front of the front wheels and attached to the vehicle body by a mount assembly, at least one rear wheel supported by a rear axle at the rear portion of the vehicle body, a clipping container disposed above the rear wheel, the mower having at least one cutter operable by the power transmitted from the engine, the mower having a clipping outlet at a widthwise intermediate portion of its rear side, and clipping transfer means having a duct extending from the clipping outlet to the clipping container, the duct extending from the clipping outlet generally horizontally rearward under the front axle, and being bent upward at a lengthwise intermediate portion thereof and connected to the clipping container, and the rear axle being supported by the rear portion of the frame, and the frame rear portion being provided with a rear wheel drive assembly for transmitting the power of the engine to the rear wheel through the rear axle and steering means for steering the rear wheel around a vertical axis, the rear wheel being positioned under the rear portion of the frame.
A clipping collector equipped with a front mower and comprising a frame having an engine and a speed change unit mounted thereon to provide a vehicle body, a pair of opposed front wheels supported by a front axle at the front portion of the vehicle body, the mower being positioned to the front of the front wheels and attached to the vehicle body by a mount assembly, at least one rear wheel supported by a rear axle at the rear portion of the vehicle body, a clipping container disposed above the rear wheel, the mower having at least one cutter operable by the power transmitted from the engine, the mower having a clipping outlet at a widthwise intermediate portion of its rear side, and clipping transfer means having a duct extending from the clipping outlet to the clipping container, the duct extending from the clipping outlet generally horizontally rearward under the front axle, and being bent upward at a lengthwise intermediate portion thereof and connected to the clipping container, and the engine and the speed change unit mounted on the frame being arranged adjacent to each other widthwise of the frame, the front axle being provided with a front wheel differential gear in front of the speed change unit, the rear axle being provided with two rear wheels and a rear wheel differential gear, the frame being provided at is rear portion with a rear wheel gear mechanism for transmitting the power of the engine to the rear wheel differential gear, the gear mechanism supporting the rear wheel differential gear rotatably about a vertical axis, the frame rear portion being provided with means for steering the rear wheels by rotating the rear wheel differential gear about the vertical axis, the mower being provided with three cutters arranged widthwise of the frame, the duct extending from the clipping outlet in the rear side of the mower to behind one of the front wheels through a position away from the front differential gear and under the front axle and through a position away from the speed change unit at one said of and below engine.
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