Patent ID: 6622464
Filing Date: 2003-09-23
Classification: A01D,B60L,Y02T

Abstract:
A walk reel mower, which comprises:(a) a reel mower frame on which a power source is carried; (b) an upwardly extending handle assembly connected at its lower end to the reel mower frame, the handle assembly including a portion which the operator can grip to guide the reel mower frame while the operator walks behind the reel mower frame; (c) a traction drive for propelling the reel mower frame across the ground, the traction drive being powered by the power source; (d) a reel cutting unit carried on the reel mower frame, the reel cutting unit having a cutting reel which is rotatable about a substantially horizontal, transverse axis which reel cooperates with a bedknife to cut grass; (e) a reel drive for powering the cutting reel, the reel drive being powered by the power source; and (f) a single control handle carried on the handle assembly for selectively controlling the operation of both the traction drive and the reel drive, wherein the single control handle after first placing both the traction drive and the reel drive in operation is configured to stop the reel and traction drives in at least the following two modes: (i) by jointly stopping the reel and traction drives; and (ii) by independently stopping the reel drive without stopping the traction drive.