US 6,655,119 B2Granted

Cutter blade for lawn mower

AssigneeHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

InventorsShoji Hasei, Naoki Matsumoto, Yasutomo Abe, Tetsuo Iida, Masanori Shin, Hiromitsu Sasaki, Kenzo Shimada

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Abstract

A cutter blade for lawn mowers having an airlift curved from a cutting edge formed on a rotationally leading edge toward a rotationally trailing edge. The trailing edge of the airlift is shaped in a waveform comprising a plurality of protrusions and a plurality of depressions. The protrusion closest to an outer end where the centrifugal force is greatest during the rotation of the cutter blade, is greatest in width so as to improve the discharging capability of grass clippings. The depressions limit negative pressure generated rotationally behind the airlift. A plurality of vent holes formed in the airlift is arranged radially in lines.

Claims3

Dependent claims

A cutter blade for a lawn mower with a motor, comprising:

a mounting section mountable to an output shaft of said motor and extending radially outward in opposite directions from the mounted portion;
a cutting edge formed on a rotationally leading edge on each side of said mounting section;
and
an airlift curved from said cutting edge to a rotationally trailing edge and having a plurality of vent holes;
wherein,
said trailing edge is shaped in a waveform comprising a plurality of protrusions and a plurality of depressions formed between said protrusions, the one of said plurality of protrusions closest to an outer end of said cutter blade is greatest in width;
and
said plurality of vent holes are elongate holes arranged in lines extending from the vicinity of said protrusions of said trailing edge toward said leading edge.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.