in lawn mowers
Year: 1887

page_text: I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co. Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to improvements in lawn mowers.
The said invention consists more specifically in a device for collecting the grass
cut-off by the lawn mower, said device being either in the nature of an attachment,
or forming an integral part of a lawn mower, all as hereinafter described.
In the drawing which accompanies this specification
Figure 1 is a side view of a lawn mower to which my device for collecting the grass
is secured.
Figure 2 is a vertical central longitudinal section of figure 1.
Figure 3. is a perspective view of the device detached.
A is a lawn mower of any known construction and operation, and B is the handle
for propelling it.
Attached at the rear of this lawn mower is my device for collecting the grass; it is
constructed as follows: CC are two side frames which at their forward ends are
preferably shaped to fit against the rear ends of the side frames of the lawn mower,
so as to form a rearward extension thereof. D and E are two transverse rolls
ournalled in the side frames, and F is an endless travelling apron passing around
he two rolls.
GG are two wheels supporting the device, and secured to an axle H, which is
ournalled in the slots I, in the side frames; and K K are two friction wheels secured
pon the shaft of the roll E, and adapted to transmit motion to this roll by frictional
ontact with the wheels G.

page_text: Lis a basket detachably secured under the rear end of the travelling apron, when
at this end is sufficiently raised from the ground to make room for it. This basket
may be suspended from a hook M on the handle, or be detachably secured in any
other manner.
N is a guide roll, or traveller journalled near the forward roll p, to keep it from
touching the ground.
O is a cross-bar provided with a suitable fastening, such as a thumb-nut and screw,
to secure the device to the handle of the lawn mower.
P is a shield or deflector arranged above the cutting knives; it may be either
secured to the lawn mower or to any suitable part of my device.
In practice, the parts above described are so arranged that when the lawn mower is
operated by pushing it forward over the ground in the usual manner, the cut grass
will be thrown on to the travelling apron and carried into the basket, the shield or
deflector being so arranged as to prevent the grass from flying in any other direction.
If the lawn mower is drawn backward the shaft H of the wheels G will slide
forward in the slots I and the apron will have no motion.
It will be easily seen that it is optional with me to make my device either in the
form of a separate and independent attachment to lawn mowers, or to combine it with
a lawn mower, so as to make it an integral part thereof; it will also be seen that the
details of my device may be varied, within the nature of my invention, some of which
may be optional and some conditional upon different styles of lawn mowers.
also optional to use the two pairs of wheels G and K, or only one pair.
It is
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me by my
foreign Correspondent, I declare that what I claim is :-
First. An endless carrier, secured in rear of the cutting knives of a lawn mower
and arranged and adapted to receive the cut-off grass and carry it into a receiver,
substantially as described.
Second. In an attachment to lawn mowers, the following elements combined; an
endless carrier arranged in rear of the cutting knives, a shield or deflector for
throwing the cut-off grass onto said carrier, and a basket under the rear end of the
carrier, all arranged substantially as described.
Third. As a new machine, a grass collector for lawn mowers having the following
parts; an endless carrier travelling between the two side frames of a lawn mower
a driving connection between the wheels and the endless carrier, devices for securing
the machine detacliably in rear of a lawn mower, and a shield for throwing the grass
onto the carrier, all arranged substantially as described.
Fourth. In an attachment to lawn mowers, the combination of the side frames C, C
the rolls D. E the endless apron F, the wheels G, the friction wheels K the basket O
and the shield P, all arranged and combined substantially as described.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London,
Agents for the Applicant.