Patent ID: 8567166

Claim:
A riding type mower comprising: a mowing apparatus supported by a link mechanism on an underside of a vehicle body so as to be freely raised and lowered; a cutting blade transmission belt wrapped around a cutting blade drive pulley on an upper surface of a cutting blade housing of the mowing apparatus; and a member provided on the upper surface of the cutting blade housing, wherein: the cutting blade housing includes a tension wheel body freely movable between a tension position and a tension release position, the cutting blade transmission belt being wrapped around the tension wheel body; a cylindrical shaft is structured and arranged to swing the tension wheel body; an operation arm is integrally and oscillatingly coupled to the cylindrical shaft; a spring support body is slidably supported on a support portion provided to the member, the spring support body supporting a side of a spring opposite to a side connected to the tension wheel body via the operation arm, the spring biasing the tension wheel body to the tension position; an operation tool slides the spring support body between a tension side and a loosened side of the spring, the operation tool being connected to the spring support body by being disposed such that the operation tool is positioned on a lateral exterior side of the cutting blade housing with respect to the member; a first end of the spring is connected to the spring support body; and a second end of the spring is connected to the operation arm.