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Title:
CENTRIFUGAL ENGINE CLUTCH FOR GREEN LAWN MOWER OF WALK-BEHIND TYPE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2005328834
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To provide a green lawn mower of walk-behind type, including a mobile structure and a ground traction member which is rotatably connected to the mobile structure and tracks and moves the mobile structure on the ground.

In this green lawn mower, an internal-combustion engine 32 is supported by the mobile structure 40 and outputs driving force to an output shaft 48. A bed knife is supported by the mobile structure having a cutting edge and cooperates with a lawn-mowing reel 18 which is rotatably supported on the mobile structure. The lawn-mowing reel includes cutting blades 20 which cut grass by associating with the bed knife. A drive system 38 is operatively connected to the output shaft 48 and at least any one of the ground traction member and the lawn-mowing reel 18, by being positioned between them, and transmits the driving force to them. The drive system includes a centrifugal clutch member which is joined to the output shaft 48. The centrifugal clutch member does not transmit the driving force to the ground traction member, nor to the lawn-mowing reel, before the output shaft reaches a prescribed rotational speed, and therefore a complicated interlocking mechanism is not required.


Inventors:
DERBY V HARRY L
Application Number:
JP2005040814A
Publication Date:
December 02, 2005
Filing Date:
February 17, 2005
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
TEXTRON INC
International Classes:
A01D34/56; A01D34/46; A01D34/47; F16D43/14; (IPC1-7): A01D34/56; A01D34/46; F16D43/14
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Kenzo Hara International Patent Office