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US 6,550,161 B2Granted
Walk behind self-propelled crawler snowplow
AssigneeHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsJitsumi Hanafusa, Kenji Kuroiwa
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Abstract
A walk behind self-propelled crawler has a travel ready lever mounted to one of the left and right handlebars and adapted to be gripped by a human operator to place the electric motors in an operative condition, and a clutch control pushbutton switch disposed on the control board at a position close to the other handlebar, the clutch control pushbutton switch being adapted to be manually operated to actuate the electromagnetic clutch.
Claims11
A walk behind self-propelled snowplow comprising:
- a vehicle body;
- at least one driving wheel mounted on the vehicle body for propelling the snowplow;
- a first power transmitting mechanism;
- an electric motor that drives the driving wheel via the first power transmission mechanism;
- a snow-removing auger mounted on the vehicle body;
- a second power transmission mechanism;
- a power source that drives the auger via the second power transmission mechanism;
- an electromagnetic clutch incorporated in the second power transmission mechanism for the connection and disconnection of the power source and the auger;
- left and right handlebars extending from a rear end of the vehicle body in a rearward direction of the snowplow;
- a control board disposed between the left and right handlebars;
- a travel ready lever mounted to one of the left and right handlebars and adapted to be gripped by a human operator to place the electric motor in an operative condition;
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- a clutch control pushbutton switch disposed on the control board at a position close to the other handlebar, the clutch control pushbutton switch being adapted to be manually operated to actuate the electromagnetic clutch.
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