Patent ID: 8667771
Filing Date: 2014-03-11
Classification: A01D

Abstract:
1. A mower having an integrated raking system comprising: a mower housing, said mower housing having at least one wall forming an interior volume, said mower housing having a bottom opening, said mower housing having a front end and a rear end, said mower housing having a first wheel and a second wheel secured thereto; a motor, said motor being superposed said mower housing, said motor further including a drive shaft; at least one blade, said at least one blade being disposed within said interior volume of said mower housing, said at least one blade being operably coupled to said motor; a rake housing, said rake housing being joined to said mower housing, said rake housing be integrally formed with said rear end of said mower housing, said rake housing having an interior volume with a bottom opening, said rake housing having a first side and a second side, said rake housing having a wheel mounted on said first side and said second side; a rake drum, said rake drum being cylindrical in shape, said rake drum being rotatably mounted within said rake housing, said rake drum further including a support rod centrally disposed therethrough, said support rod having a first end and a second end, said first end and said second end of said support rod extending beyond opposite ends of said rake drum, said rake drum including a plurality of tines secured thereto, said plurality of tines extending outward from said rake drum; a rake drum drive assembly, said rake drum drive assembly operable to couple said motor and said rake drum, said rake drum drive assembly further including a first gear, said first gear being operably coupled to said drive shaft of said motor, said rake drum drive assembly further including a second gear, said second gear being operably coupled to said first gear, said second gear having a shaft coupled thereto, said shaft having a first end and a second end, said second gear being secured to said first end of said shaft, said shaft having a third gear secured to said second end thereof, said rake drum assembly further including a fourth gear, said fourth gear operably coupled to said third gear, said fourth gear being secured to a rake pulley drive shaft, said rake pulley drive shaft having a first end and a second end, said fourth gear being proximate said first end, said rake pulley drive shaft having a fifth gear secured to said second end, said fifth gear operably coupled to a sixth gear, said sixth gear operably coupled to a rake pulley axle proximate a first end, said rake pulley axle further including a second end, said second end of said rake pulley axle having a rake pulley secured thereto, said rake drum drive assembly further including a rake drum pulley, said rake drum pulley being operably coupled to said support rod of said rake drum, said rake drum drive assembly further including a belt, said belt operably coupling said rake drum pulley and said rake pulley; a handle, said handle operably coupled to said rake housing and extending upward therefrom, said handle having a lower portion and an upper portion, said lower portion of said handle including a first segment and a second segment, said first segment and said second segment coupled to said first side and said second side of said rake housing respectively; a control center, said control center being secured to said upper portion of said handle; and wherein the mower is operable to cut grass while simultaneously rake the surface upon which the mower is being traversed.