Lawn mower rear drive

• Main Author: Umemoto, Hideya
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 23.11.2004

1. Field of the Invention A lawn mower includes front wheels (), a pair of right and left rear drive wheels (), a body frame (), a mower unit () supported by the body frame () forwardly of the rear drive wheels (), a grass catcher attached to a rear end of the body frame (), an engine () mounted on the body frame (), a left change speed device for changing speed of drive from the engine (), and transmitting the drive to a left axle () of the left rear wheel, a right change speed device for changing speed of drive from the engine (), and transmitting the drive to a right axle () of the right rear wheel, and a grass collecting duct connected at one end thereof to the mower unit and at the other end to the grass catcher . The left change speed device () is disposed in a left region of the body frame to extend upward from the left axle (). The right change speed device () is disposed in a right region of the body frame to extend upward from the left axle (). The left change speed device and the right change speed device defining a space () opening downward, and the grass collecting duct extends through the space.