Convertible grass cutting and snow blowing machine having a cylindrical rotor

A convertible grass cutting and snow blowing machine comprising an engine having a driveshaft;

• support means supported on wheels a rotor having an outer surface and a rotor shaft, said rotor defining a longitudinal axis;
• a rotor housing comprising opposed side walls;
• handle means to displace said support means on said wheels;
• gate means hingedly secured to said housing, said gate means being displaceable from a retracted position, where said machine is utilized as a grass cutting machine, to a locked position, where said machine is utilized as a snow blowing machine, and opening means on said opposed sidewalls for admitting air in the direction of said rotor, said engine being mounted on said support means, said driveshaft imparting axial rotation to said rotor, said rotor shaft being disposed between said opposed side walls of said rotor housing, said rotor having at least two rigid cutting blades having opposed ends and secured longitudinally and spaced apart thereon, each said blade having an outer cutting edge, said blades extending at a substantially uniform radial distance from said rotor axis, each said blade defining a bow-shaped curve from its opposed ends whereby to direct grass cuttings or snow toward a mid-length region of said rotor when said rotor is rotatably driven, and further, in combination with said rotor, imparting a centrifugal force to direct said grass cuttings rearward through a rear chute in a lower portion of a rear wall of said housing or snow upwardly through a detachable snow chute attached to said rotor housing.