Patent ID: 6705068
Filing Date: 2004-03-16
Classification: A01D

Abstract:
A lawn mower, comprising:a mower body; a drive source mounted on the mower body; a cutter blade driven by the drive source for rotation, the cutter blade having airlifts at opposite ends thereof; and a grass bag disposed on the rear of the mower body for receiving grass cut by the cutter blade; wherein the mower body comprises a cutter deck having a hollow interior opening downward and accommodating the cutter blade in a rotatable manner within the hollow interior; a grass carrying passage extending rearward from the rear of the cutter deck to the grass bag and having one end opening to the hollow interior of the cutter deck for guiding grass cut by the cutter blade into the grass bag, the grass carrying passage being disposed on one of the left or right sides of the mower body with respect to a longitudinal centerline of the mower body; and an air return passage for guiding only air from the grass bag into the hollow interior of the cutter deck; the air return passage being formed on an upper surface of the cutter deck and having at least one cutter deck-facing opening connected to the hollow interior of the cutter deck and arranged in line with the rotating track of the airlifts, the at least one cutter deck-facing opening being disposed on the other of the left or right sides of the mower body.