Riding mower
AssigneeKubota Corporation
InventorsHiroyuki Tada, Yoshikazu Togoshi, Kazuaki Nogami, Akira Minoura
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Abstract
A riding mower includes a pair of right and left front wheels; a pair of right and left rear wheels; a driver's seat provided between the rear wheels and the front wheels; an engine provided in the rear of the driver's seat; and a mower provided under the driver's seat. The riding mower is capable of being mounted with a fuel gas cylinder sideways on a side of the engine in which an operation section of the fuel gas cylinder faces backward. The riding mower further includes a guard member that is opposed to a rear surface of the fuel gas cylinder and is switchable between a protection position to cover the rear side of the operation section and an open position to open the rear surface of the fuel gas cylinder.
Claims6
A riding mower having a pair of right and left front wheels, a pair of right and left rear wheels, a driver seat provided between the rear wheels and the front wheels, an engine provided at the rear of the driver seat, and a mower provided under the driver seat, wherein
- the riding mower is capable of receiving thereon at least one fuel gas cylinder mounted sideways on a side of the engine in which an operation section of the fuel gas cylinder faces backward,
- the riding mower comprising:
- a guard member that is opposed to a portion of the operation section of the fuel gas cylinder and is positionable between a protection position covering or arranged over the portion of the operation section and an open position exposing the portion of the operation section of the fuel gas cylinder,
- wherein the guard member is pivotally supported in or coupled to a retaining member that retains the fuel gas cylinder.
A riding mower comprising:
- a pair of right and left front wheels;
- a pair of right and left rear wheels;
- a driver seat arranged between the rear wheels and the front wheels;
- an engine arranged behind the driver seat;
- a mower arranged under the driver seat;
- at least one sideways oriented fuel gas cylinder located on a lateral side of the engine such that an operation section of the fuel gas cylinder faces backward;
- at least one guard member movable between a first position guarding the operation section and a second position exposing the operation section;
- an attitude regulating mechanism arranged between the guard member and a retaining member that retains the fuel gas cylinder;
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- the attitude regulating mechanism controlling an attitude of the guard member in the second position within a range where an upper end of the guard member does not project backward from a vicinity of a rear end of the riding mower.
A riding mower comprising:
- a driver seat arranged between front and rear wheels;
- an engine disposed behind the driver seat;
- a mower provided under the driver seat;
- at least one fuel gas cylinder having an operation section and an opposite end and being mounted sideways on a side of the engine so that the operation section faces a rear end of the riding mower;
- at least one guard member movable between a first position guarding the operation section and a second position exposing the operation section;
- the at least one guard member comprising a shielding plate and a frame member fixed to an outer circumferential end surface;
- an attitude regulating mechanism arranged between the guard member and a retaining member that retains the fuel gas cylinder;
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- the attitude regulating mechanism controlling an attitude of the guard member in the second position within a range where an upper end of the guard member does not project backward from a vicinity of a rear end of the riding mower.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.