Patent ID: 6082086
Filing Date: 2000-07-04
Classification: A01D

Abstract:
A reel mower apparatus comprising:a vehicle body;a grass catcher attached to said vehicle body;a reel-type cutting unit coupled to said vehicle body and including:a fixed blade disposed adjacent the ground;a reel blade for cutting grass in cooperation with said fixed blade, said reel blade rotatable about a horizontal axis extending transversely of said vehicle body to move from front to rear relative to said fixed blade with respect to a forward traveling direction of said vehicle body;a main case surrounding said reel blade to define a space for carrying grass clippings in a rotating direction of said reel blade to a top level of said reel blade; anda guide member connected to said main case for receiving the grass clippings carried to said top level, said guide member defining a grass receiving space having a grass discharge opening, wherein the grass clippings after cutting by said fixed blade and said reel blade are received in said grass receiving space and are transported through said grass receiving space to said grass discharge opening entirely by air flow generated by rotation of said reel blade; andduct means having two ends, with one end thereof connected to said grass discharge opening and the other end connected to said grass catcher for transporting the grass clippings entrained by the air flow.