Clutch and brake for rotary lawn mower
CA 1183787 A · Owner: Hoffco, Inc. · Inventors: Hoff, Stephen J.
Overview
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A lawn mower blade clutch-brake mechanism having a driving drum and a driven blade carrier the carrier having, clutch shoes engageable with the inside of the drum and brake drum segments fixed to the shoes and disposed outside the drum for engagement by an encircling brake band which both applies braking drag and mechanically forces the segments inward to disengage the clutch shoes, and including the improvement that the clutch shoes are pivoted to the carrier at their leading ends in the direction of rotation so as to be aggressive and self-energizing, and the segments are pivoted on the same pivots and have trailing ends which are swung outward from a cylindrical position concentric with …
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- Granted March 12, 1985. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended March 12, 2002.
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