Patent ID: 6226967
Filing Date: 2001-05-08
Classification: A01D

Abstract:
A lawn mower for conveying a cut material between a mowing mechanism and a collection container of a lawn mower, comprising in combination:A) a collection container;B) a mowing mechanism maintained at a set height above the ground;C) a conveyor device for conveying said cut material between a conveyance channel and the collector container, said conveyor device including:1) two equally spaced oppositely driven endless conveyor belts to receive said cut material between them from the moving mechanism;2) a pair of drive rollers to run said pair of endless conveyor belts; and3) a pair of guide rollers mounted on a horizontal axle to guide said pair of endless conveyor belts;wherein the conveyor belts run parallel to each other and in the absence of said cut material lie against each other;wherein the space between the conveyor belts relative to each other can be increased by the cut material acting against a compression force exercised upon said conveyor belt by a spring;D) a conveyance channel for transporting the mowed material between the mowing mechanism and the conveyor device; andE) a vent channel having an inlet and an outlet above the conveyance channel for removing air transported with the mowed material and to return air removed from the outlet back to the inlet.