Material collection apparatus
CA 1291340 C · Owner: Leistikow, Keith A. · Inventors: Hoepfner, Thomas L.; Leistikow, Keith A.
Overview
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A rotary lawn mower mounted on a tractor is equipped with a blower operable to move grass clippings and loose debris from the mower into collection bags. The blower has a rotatable impeller located within a housing attached to the side of the mower. A belt and pulley drive connects the horizontal impeller shaft to an upright blade drive shaft of the mower to rotate the impeller concurrently with the grass cutting blades of the mower. A pair of idler pulleys mounted on one or more supports secured to the housing aligned a single endless belt with the vertical pulley on the impeller drive shaft and change the orientation of the belt from horizontal to vertical and back to horizontal as the …
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- Granted October 29, 1991. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended October 29, 2008.
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