Patent ID: 6418627
Filing Date: 2002-07-16
Classification: A01D

Abstract:
A rotary cutter of a mower comprisinga cord for mowing grass upon rotation thereof, a reel which removably holds said cord and serves to deliver said cord while said reel is intermittently rotated, a cover for a case which contains said reel, a unitary press body which protrudes downwardly from said case and is movable in an axial direction upon pressing so as to intermittently rotate said reel, and a means for biasing said press body in a direction to protrude said press body from said case, wherein said means for biasing is disposed between said reel and said press body, said press body and said case are engaged with each other such that said press body is slidable in an axial direction while relative rotation between said press body and said case is prevented, and upon pressing said press body against said means for biasing, a set of protrusions formed on said press body are detachably engaged with protrusions formed on said reel so as to intermittently rotate said reel.