RIDING TYPE MOWER

• Main Authors: ARA, MASATO, KOJIMA, ATSUSHI, SUZUKI, TAKANORI, SAITO, GUNJI, SARUHASHI, KAZUO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 06.12.1988
• Edition: 4
• Subjects: AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; FISHING; FORESTRY; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; HARVESTING; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HUNTING; MOWING; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ARTCOLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TRAPPING

A riding type mower (1) including a steered front wheel (4) and a driven rear wheel (5) arranged in the front and rear parts of a vehicle body (2, 3), respectively, a mowing cutter mechanism (16, 17) disposed under the vehicle body, a driver's seat (30) disposed on the vehicle body, and an engine (7) for driving the rear wheel and the mowing cutter mechanism. The driver's seat is disposed substantially at the longitudinally central part of the vehicle body, the engine is disposed below the driver's seat, a fuel supply system (22, 23) of the engine is disposed at one side of the engine, and an exhaust system (24) of the engine is disposed at the other side of the engine. Power of the engine is transmitted through a pulley belt (13) to an input shaft (11) of a transmission gearing (8, 9) for the rear wheel, the transmission gearing being disposed behind a rear axle (501), and concurrently from the-input shaft through another pulley belt (19) to the cutter mechanism which is leveladjustably disposed substantially in the longitudinally central part of the vehicle body. The mower includes left and right rear wheels (5, 5), and the cutter mechanism comprises a grass cutter (17), a cutter housing (16) enclosing the grass cutter, and the cutter housing having the maximum transverse width thereof dimensioned to be within the distance between respective transversely outside faces (502, 503) of the rear wheels, The cutter mechanism may comprise a grass cutter (17)', a cutter housing (16) enclosing the grass cutter, and the cutter housing being disposed substantially in the longitudinally central part of the vehicle body, while the engine is disposed within a contour (A) of the cutter housing as viewed from above.