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US 5,511,369 AGranted
Chute to prevent clumping of grass ejected from a mower
OwnerFrank Cerminara, Jr.inventor
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A unique chute construction for a grass cutting mower which directs cut grass being ejected by its rotating blades through an opening in a hood surrounding its blades out of the mower in an upward fan-shaped pattern away from the mower and thereby preventing undesired clumping of the ejected grass when it hits the ground. The top portion of the hood that is adjacent to and which form an outer edge of the opening in the hood is tapered in an upward direction to form an upper first portion of the chute. A second portion of the chute forms an inside portion that employs a plate that is positioned beneath and in spaced apart relationship with the first portion and has the same taper as the first portion of the chute. The addition of this chute eliminates the need for an operator of a mower to take a second, time-consuming cut of the same grass in order to eliminate the clumps of grass that are generated by conventional mowers that do not have such a chute.
A chute for a grass mower that employs a hood having a protective top and side wall that are spaced from the cutting blade of the mower and wherein the side wall has two spaced-apart edges extending downwardly from the top wall to form a cut out portion between said edges, said chute comprising the formation of a tapered portion in the top wall that extends in an upward direction from a point that is spaced inwardly along an upper edge of the side wall which is adjacent to a first one of said edges of said side wall toward a point that is above a top portion of the first one of said edges and wherein said tapered portion in the top wall forms an upper portion of the chute, the top of the side wall of the hood that is positioned below said tapered top wall being connected to the tapered top wall portion of the hood and having the same taper as the taper formed in the top wall said chute having a lower portion extending from the inner surface of said protective side wall and being spaced below and having the same taper as said taper formed in the top wall, said tapered upper and lower portions of said chute and the side wall extending between said upper and lower tapered portions providing a chute for receiving cut grass from the cutting blade and directing it through said cut out portion in an upward fan-shaped pattern away from said mower onto the ground without forming lines of clumped grass thereon.
A chute for a grass mower which employs a hood having a protective top wall which is in spaced relationship and above a cutting unit of the mower and a protective side wall positioned about and in spaced relationship with said cutting unit, said side wall having two spaced apart edges extending upwardly and into contact with said top wall to form a rectangular opening in said side wall, said chute comprising an upper and lower portion, a portion of said top wall adjacent one of said edges forming said upper portion of said chute, said upper portion of the chute having a tapered corner portion that extends in an upward direction to one of said edges that forms a wall of said opening in said side wall, the upper edge of said side wall below said tapered portion of said upper top wall portion of the chute being in contact with said top wall and having the same upwardly extending taper as said top wall, said lower portion of said chute being attached to an inner surface of said side wall and tapered in the same upward direction as said tapered upper portion of the chute and being positioned below and in spaced apart relationship with the tapered upper portion of the chute and immediately above the cutting unit and said tapered upper and lower chute portions and said side wall extending between said upper and lower chute portions providing a passageway through which the grass being ejected by said cutting unit will be directed through said rectangular side wall opening in an upward fan-shaped pattern and without clumping.
A chute for a grass mower which employs a rectangular-shaped hood having a protective top wall and two side walls which are in spaced apart relationship with a cutting unit of the mower and wherein one end of each of said side walls and an end of said top wall extending between said ends of said side walls form an opening in one end of said rectangular-shaped hood, said chute comprising a triangular-shaped portion forming a top end portion of a first one of said side walls at a position that is adjacent its open end, said top end portion of said side wall being tapered in an upward direction so that it extends to the open end of the first one of said side walls, a top wall chute portion of the hood being connected to the top of said triangular-shaped side wall and having the same upward taper as said triangular-shaped portion of the side wall, a lower portion of the chute being the same size as said top wall chute portion and being spaced below and tapered in the same upward direction as said top wall portion of said chute, said top and lower wall portions of the chute and said side wall providing a chute through which grass can be ejected through said rectangular opening in an upward fan-shaped pattern and thereby eliminate clumping.
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