Patent ID: 7654070

Claim:
A mown-grass collecting bucket characterized in that a hollow mown-grass collecting box ( 21 ) is provided at a position corresponding to a cutter side of a lawn mower with a mown-grass intake port ( 22 ) and at a lower portion of the box ( 21 ) with a mown-grass discharge port ( 26 ), and there is provided in the mown-grass collecting box ( 21 ) a mown-grass collecting and discharging mechanism, wherein the mechanism is for closing the discharge port ( 26 ) when the mown grass is collected into the collecting box ( 21 ) with first and second blades ( 31 , 34 ) kept open in a mountain-shape by means of a rotary shaft ( 28 ) linked with a rotary drive source ( 29 ) to be driven thereby, the first blade ( 31 ) mounted through a pair of first brackets ( 32 ) to the rotary shaft ( 28 ) for integral rotation therewith, the second blade ( 34 ) supported through a pair of second brackets ( 35 ) by support shafts ( 33 ) to be rotatable thereabout and having at tip edge a brush ( 36 ), the support shafts ( 33 ) being provided on the first brackets ( 32 ) and a pair of twist springs ( 40 ) respectively mounted on each support shaft ( 33 ) and across each first bracket ( 32 ) for one end of the twist spring and on each second bracket ( 35 ) for the other end of the spring, wherein the one end ( 40 a ) of the twist spring is locked to each first bracket ( 32 ) and the other end ( 40 b ) of the twist spring is locked to each second bracket ( 35 ), wherein with an action of the mounted twist springs ( 40 ), the first and second blades ( 31 , 34 ) are set in a state where the blades are opened at a predetermined angle; wherein the mown grass is discharged while the first and second blades ( 31 , 34 ) are rotated and moved from the discharge port ( 26 ), in order to open the discharge port, through the intake port ( 22 ) back to the discharge port ( 26 ), with the brush ( 36 ) at the tip edge of the second blade ( 34 ) made to scrape together the mown grass within the box ( 21 ) to lead it to the position of the discharge port ( 26 ) opened for discharge the grass thereout.