Patent ID: 8015786

Claim:
A lawnmower comprising: a cutting blade capable of rotating about a shaft extending substantially perpendicular to a lawn; a downwardly-open housing for housing the cutting blade, the housing having a scroll part; and a cut grass conveyor passage extending rearwardly from the housing and designed to allow attachment of a cut grass storage container thereto, the grass cut by the cutting blade being delivered to the cut grass conveyor passage while revolving about a shaft within the housing, wherein the housing has a movable shutter mechanism, a first non-movable guide member and a second non-movable guide member provided therein, when the first guide member is viewed from a housing bottom side, the first guide member has an outer surface which tapers downwardly toward the housing bottom side in a direction opposite a direction in which the grass revolves for guiding the grass revolving about the shaft toward an outer periphery of the housing while also guiding the grass to the cut grass conveyor passage, the first guide member being positioned upstream of the second guide member in the direction in which the grass revolves.