Patent ID: 11937536
Assignee: nan
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. An cleaning apparatus for a lawn mower comprising:
a gravity-fed dispenser assembly comprised of
a hopper with an upper opening and a lower opening,
a conduit having a first end and a second end;
wherein the first end of the conduit is attached to the lower opening of the hopper;

an aperture in a lawn mower deck;
a slinger assembly comprised of
a plurality of slingers, mounted between a blade of the lawn mower and an interior underside of the lawn mower deck;
wherein each slinger is a member with one free end and one fixed end;
wherein each slinger is free to rotate about its fixed end in a plane parallel to the plane of movement for a blade of the lawn mower;

wherein ice can be placed in the hopper such that a discrete amount of ice will pass through the lower opening, the conduit, and the aperture; and
wherein, when the lawn mower blade is spinning, the ice having passed through the aperture will impact the lawn mower blade and the plurality of slingers, ultimately impacting at least one of the interior underside of the lawn mower deck and an interior side surface of the lawn mower deck.