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Grass cutting height indicator for lawn mower and tractor combination
Assignee: Honda Motor Co Ltd
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Filing: 1984-11-30
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Granted: 1986-03-25
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Expires: 2004-11-30
Abstract
Abstract A grass cutting height indicator in a combination of a lawn mower and a power-driven tractor having an operator's seat, including a lawn mower unit suspended from a tractor frame of the tractor, an adjusting lever disposed adjacent to the operator's seat, and a link mechanism operatively connected between the adjusting lever and the lawn mower unit for adjusting the height of the lawn mower unit above ground in response to operation of the adjusting lever. The indicator comprises an indicator member mounted on the link mechanism and having indicia for indicating grass cutting heights, and an indicator window defined in a tractor body adjacent to the operator's seat, the indicator member being positioned so that the indicia has at least a portion thereof facing the indicator window.
Inventors
- 👤 Akira Amano
- 👤 Kazuhiko Sasaki
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 05:42
CPC Classifications
A; A01; A01D; A01D34/00; A01D34/01; A01D34/412; A01D34/63; A01D34/74; A01D34/64; A01D2101/00; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S56/00; Y10S56/22
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
219 words
A grass cutting height indicator in a power-driven tractor having an operator's seat, comprising: (a) a lawn mower unit suspended from a tractor frame of said tractor; (b) an adjusting lever disposed to be pivotably supported on said tractor frame below and to the rear of said operator's seat; (c) a link mechanism operatively connected between said adjusting lever and said lawn mower unit for adjusting the height of said lawn mower above ground in response to operation of said adjusting lever said link mechanism including a first arm pivotably supported by a first support shaft on said tractor frame and a second arm mounted on a second support shaft for angular movement with said adjusting lever and operatively coupled to said first arm in substantially parallel relation thereto; (d) an indicator member for indicating grass cutting heights comprising a sector-shaped plate having a center bearing fixedly supported on said first support shaft for angular movement with said support shaft and indicator means mounted on an outer arcuate edge of said sector-shaped plate; and (e) an indicator window defined in a tractor body at the top of the body portion next to the front side portion of the seat, and indicator member being positioned so that said indicator means has at least a portion thereof facing said indicator window.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
219 words
A grass cutting height indicator in a power-driven tractor having an operator's seat, comprising: (a) a lawn mower unit suspended from a tractor frame of said tractor; (b) an adjusting lever disposed to be pivotably supported on said tractor frame below and to the rear of said operator's seat; (c) a link mechanism operatively connected between said adjusting lever and said lawn mower unit for adjusting the height of said lawn mower above ground in response to operation of said adjusting lever said link mechanism including a first arm pivotably supported by a first support shaft on said tractor frame and a second arm mounted on a second support shaft for angular movement with said adjusting lever and operatively coupled to said first arm in substantially parallel relation thereto; (d) an indicator member for indicating grass cutting heights comprising a sector-shaped plate having a center bearing fixedly supported on said first support shaft for angular movement with said support shaft and indicator means mounted on an outer arcuate edge of said sector-shaped plate; and (e) an indicator window defined in a tractor body at the top of the body portion next to the front side portion of the seat, and indicator member being positioned so that said indicator means has at least a portion thereof facing said indicator window.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
21 words
A grass cutting height indicator according to claim 1, wherein said indicator means has graduations representing the grass cutting heights, respectively.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
76 words
A grass cutting height indicator according to claim 1, wherein said link mechanism further comprises a sector gear having a center bearing supported by said second support shaft in fixed relation to said tractor frame, a pawl pivotably coupled to said adjusting lever and normally urged in a direction to mesh with said sector gear, and a control member mounted on said adjusting lever for releasing said pawl out of meshing engagement with said sector gear.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
89 words
A grass cutting height indicator according to claim 3, wherein said link mechanism further comprises a third arm mounted on said first support shaft for angular movement with said first arm, and a fourth arm pivotably supported on said lawn mower unit and having a groundcontacting wheel on a lower end thereof, said fourth arm being connected with said third arm such that said fourth arm is angularly movable about said ground-contacting wheel in response to angular movement of said third arm for vertically moving said lawn mower unit.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
76 words
A grass cutting height indicator according to claim 4, said link mechanism further comprises a pair of bell crank arms having ends operatively interconnected by a link, intermediate angular portions pivotably supported on said tractor frame, and opposite ends pivotably supported on front and rear portions, respectively, of said lawn mower unit, whereby said lawn mower unit can be kept substantially horizontal when it is vertically moved in response to angular movement of said fourth arm.
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