JP2004290205A - Grass collector - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a grass collector preventing scatter of mowed grass from a space between a grass collector duct and a mowed grass container to the outside of a dumping area. <P>SOLUTION: The grass collector comprises the grass collector duct 6, a container unit and a supporting mechanism 8 for changing the posture of the container unit to be grass collecting posture or grass discharging posture, wherein the container unit includes a grass container 5 having a housing space for the mowed grass, a lid-like body 7 for closing or opening a part of the mowed grass housing space and a backing plate 63 positioned at the front lower side of an inlet opening of the grass container 5, the supporting mechanism 8 makes, in the grass collecting posture, the inlet opening of the grass container 5 face to the end of the grass collector 6 and almost parallelly moves, in the grass discharging posture, the grass collector 5 to the rear upper side, opens the lid-like body 7 and inclines the bottom of the grass container 5 to support in a state releasing and dropping the grass and the backing plate 63 moves almost parallel to the grass container 5 and is changed to be an inclined posture accompanied with posture change to the grass discharging posture. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a grass collecting device for feeding grass cut by a mower unit to a grass collecting container, and a grass mower equipped with the grass collecting device.

  In an environment where the cut grass cut by the mower unit cannot be directly discharged, the cut grass must be temporarily stored in a grass collection container via a grass collection duct or the like. In a mower equipped with such a weed collecting device, the mowing machine travels to a mowing leaving area where a predetermined amount of mowing is stored in the weed collecting container, where the mowing grass is discharged from the weed collecting container. At the time of releasing the cut grass, various devices have been conventionally proposed in order to prevent the cut grass from spilling out of the opening of the grass collection container and scattering outside the cut grass storage area before the grass collection container reaches a predetermined position. I have.

  For example, a lid and a guide that is opened and closed by the lid are provided at the opening of the grass collection container, and when cutting grass, the lid is closed to cut grass from the duct through the guide in the guiding posture. It is stored in a grass collection container, and when the grass is released, the grass collection container is pulled out from the duct of the mower, transported to the grass-leaving area, swings the lid, and swings the guide to the open position. There is a grass collection device that discharges cut grass from a grass collection container with an opening (for example, see Patent Document 1).

There is also a configuration in which, instead of a person carrying the grass collection container to the cut grass leaving area, a mowing machine moves to the grass cutting leaving area, where the grass is discharged from the grass collection container. In such a mowing machine, the container body is connected to the lifting link mechanism so that the posture can be switched between the grass-collecting posture and the weeding posture by swinging around the support shaft in the left-right direction. Equipped with an opening / closing lid that opens and closes the opening formed at the rear end of the container main body by swinging around the supporting shaft in the direction, and a hydraulic cylinder that switches the posture of the container main body is installed over the lifting link mechanism and the container main body. , A link mechanism that opens and closes the opening and closing lid in interlocking with the attitude switching operation of the container body is interposed between the lifting link mechanism and the opening and closing lid. The cut grass is released from the grass collecting container by performing a posture switching operation from the grass collecting posture to the weeding posture at the position (for example, see Patent Document 2). In this lawn mower, by such backlash close lid conjunction with the attitude switching operation of the container body to the link mechanism for opening and closing operation occurs, there is a leak out of the bush grass from between the container body and lid when driving .

Further, a movable flap is provided in a region between the grass collecting duct and the grass collecting container, and the movable flap is displaced to a position where the movable grass flap closes the opening of the grass collecting container when the grass collecting container rises so as to separate from the grass collecting duct. There is a mowing machine configured so that mowing grass is not inadvertently released from the opening of the grass collecting container (for example, see Patent Document 3 ). Also in this mower, if the displacement mechanism of the movable flap is not accurately manufactured, there is a possibility that the cut grass will leak from between the closed movable flap and the opening of the grass collecting container.

JP-A-03-004714 (page 2-3, FIG. 1)

JP 2001-275438 A (Paragraph Nos. 12-17, FIG. 5)

U.S. Pat. No. 605,072 (columns 4-6, FIG. 3)

In view of the above circumstances, an object of the present invention, the grass was mown by the mower unit in grass collecting device for feeding the grass collection container through the grass duct, grass clippings that exits the grass catcher is in a location other than grass clippings dumping area Avoid being scattered.

[Solution 1]
In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the grass collecting apparatus of the present invention provides a grass collecting apparatus for feeding cut grass cut by a mower unit to a grass collecting container, as described in claim 1.
A mowing unit is provided for guiding the cut grass from the mower unit on the front side to the grass container on the rear side, and a container unit for receiving and discharging the cut grass fed from the grass collecting duct, and supporting the container unit. And a support mechanism capable of changing the attitude to a weeding attitude in which grass can be fed from the grass collecting duct and a grassing attitude in which the grass housed therein is lifted to an upper position and discharged.
The container unit has a grass collection container having a space for accommodating the cut grass fed from the grass collection duct, a lid capable of opening and closing a part of the grass storage space in the grass collection container, and a grass collection posture. A receiving plate positioned in front of and below the entrance opening of the grass collection container so as to enter the terminal end portion of the grass collection duct in front of the entrance opening of the grass collection container, and to exit at the time of shifting the weeding posture;
In the weeding posture, the support mechanism supports the entrance opening of the weeding container of the container unit in a state facing the terminal end of the weeding duct. The container is moved rearward and upward substantially in parallel from the grass-collecting posture, lifted to a rear-upper position away from the terminal end of the grass-collecting duct, and the lid is opened, and the bottom surface of the grass-collecting container is raised. It is configured to support in a state where the cut grass housed in an inclined manner is released and released,
As the grass container is lifted in a substantially parallel posture, the receiving plate moves substantially in parallel with the grass container, and the receiving surface is tilted with the posture change to the weeding posture of the grass container. The posture is changed .

(Function and effect)
In this configuration, the grass that spills from the opening of the grass collecting container when the grass collecting container is lifted is received by the receiving plate , and the grass piled on the surface of the receiving plate is collected by the grass collecting container in the grass cutting leaving area. When swinging from the posture to the weeding posture, the surface of the receiving plate is also moved to the inclined posture, so that the surface of the receiving plate is slid down to the mowing leaving area.

That in grass collecting device according to the invention, instead the spill is mowed grass from the grass catcher is to be tolerated to some extent, it is prepared a receiving plate having a surface for receiving the grass clippings spill therefrom, the receiving plate in grass clippings dumping area By inclining the surface of the grass, it is ensured that the grass that has accumulated there is released to the grass-cutting area. Thus, it is possible to prevent the cut grass that has fallen out of the grass collection container from being scattered in places other than the cut grass leaving area, without requiring the assembling accuracy of the components of the grass collecting apparatus to increase the cost.

[Solution 2]
  In the grass collecting apparatus of the present invention, it is preferable that the receiving surface of the receiving plate is configured to be swingably displaced around a swing axis in a lateral direction crossing the feeding direction of the cut grass. .

[Solution 3]
  According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided the grass collecting apparatus according to the first or second aspect, wherein the receiving plate is provided with a receiving surface in a direction along a bottom surface of the grass collecting container in a grass collecting posture. And an upright surface provided on both left and right ends thereof.

  Other features and advantages according to the present invention will become apparent from the following description of embodiments with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 shows an overall side view of the mowing machine. The mowing machine is a mid-mount mower type, and is mounted on a traveling body 1 including a frame extending in the front-rear direction and a front part of the traveling body 1. A pair of left and right caster-type rolling wheels 2 functioning as front wheels, a pair of left and right driving wheels 3 functioning as rear wheels disposed in the rear part of the traveling body 1, and a lifting / lowering operation between the front wheels 2 and the rear wheels 3 are possible. And a grass container 5 disposed behind the traveling body 1. The body frame 10 functioning as a core element of the traveling body 1 is basically composed of a pair of left and right band-shaped profile members extending in the front-rear direction.

  The mowing grass generated by the mower unit 4 is guided by the grass collecting duct 6 extending between the pair of right and left rear wheels 3 and is accumulated in the grass collecting container 5. Is performed through the gate frame 7.

  A driving seat 11 is disposed on the traveling body 1 so as to be located above the mower unit 4, and a shift lever 12 is disposed on the left and right of the driving seat 11. An engine 13 is mounted behind the driver's seat 11 and at an upper right and left intermediate portion of the traveling body 1.

As can be clearly understood from FIGS. 2 to 4, the power from the engine 13 is transmitted to the transmission case 20 disposed in front and below the engine 13 via the ball joint 14 that allows the displacement of the transmission shaft center caused by vibration. The transmission is transmitted from the input shaft 21 to the power distribution mechanism 23 via the three spur gears 22 in the transmission case 20. The traveling power from the power distribution mechanism 23 is distributed and transmitted to left and right HSTs (hydrostatic continuously variable transmission mechanisms) 30 via a pair of bevel gears 24a and left and right relay shafts 24 and the like. Is transmitted to the axles 3a of the corresponding drive wheels 3 on the left and right via a speed reduction mechanism 32 provided in each of the left and right axle cases 31. That is, a pair of left and right transmissions that transmit the power of the left and right drive wheels 3 are each composed of the continuously variable transmission mechanism 30 and the speed reduction mechanism 32 .

The power from the engine 13 is independently transmitted to the axles 3a of the left and right driving wheels (rear wheels) 3 via the corresponding left and right HSTs 30, and the left and right shift levers 12 associated with the left and right HSTs 30 are moved. By operating each of the left and right HSTs 30 to perform an independent shift operation, the left and right HSTs 30 are operated in the same shift state to drive the left and right drive wheels 3 at a constant speed, and the left and right HSTs 30 are shifted to different speed states. The running state can be switched between a turning state in which the left and right driving wheels 3 are operated differentially.
Since the HST 30 is configured to be switchable between forward and backward, the turning state is a gentle turning state in which the left and right drive wheels 3 are driven in the same direction, or one of the right and left drive wheels 3 is stopped. A pivot turning state and a spin turning state in which the left and right drive wheels 3 are driven in opposite directions are created.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the power distribution mechanism 23 is equipped with a multi-plate type work clutch 25 for intermittently connecting and disconnecting the work power. The power output shaft 29 is transmitted to the power take-out shaft 29 via a pair of spur gears 28 and the like provided in a front case 27 at the front of the fuselage. It is configured to be transmitted to the input shaft 43 of the mower unit 4 via the second transmission shaft 42 in the direction.

  The power take-out shaft 29 can also take out power from the front end thereof. By using the front end of the power take-out shaft 29, although not shown, the front of the traveling body 1 is omitted. The transmission to the auxiliary working device equipped in such as can be easily performed.

  The mower unit 4 is equipped with a pair of left and right blades 44 for mowing in a housing 40 so as to be rotatable around a vertical support shaft 45, and the work power transmitted to the input shaft 43 is supplied to a pair of bevel gears 46. Is transmitted to one of the support shafts 45 through the support shaft 45, and is transmitted from the one support shaft 45 to the other support shaft 45 via the belt-type transmission mechanism 48. It is configured to be driven in a reverse direction at a constant speed in a state where a part thereof overlaps, and in a state where the overlapping part is directed backward, and while this rotation drive is performed, the grass is cut and this rotation is performed. Mowing grass is discharged toward the grass collecting duct 6 through a discharge port formed in the rear left and right center of the housing 40 by the transport wind generated by the driving.

As is clear from FIGS. 3 and 4, the left and right HSTs 30 and the speed reduction mechanism 32 are distributed and arranged at left and right symmetrical positions with respect to the power distribution mechanism 23 disposed at the left and right center of the body frame 10. The power distribution mechanism 23, the left and right HSTs 30 and the speed reduction mechanism 32 are formed in a gate shape so as to create a space 33 at the lower left and right center. Further, the left and right reduction mechanisms 32 are connected and provided on the outer side of the corresponding HST 30 with respect to the body, whereby the space 33 is located between the ground and the body frame 10. The grass collecting duct 6 extends in the left and right center of the space 33. At this time, the grass collection duct 6 extends so that the center of the cross section of the duct substantially coincides with the axle 3a of the rear wheel 3. Further, from FIG. 3, it can be confirmed that the power distribution mechanism 23 and the HST 30 are arranged at the same height level between the upper ends of the left and right reduction mechanisms 32 .

  As shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, a wet brake 35 that brakes the corresponding drive wheel 3 by braking the output shaft 34 of the corresponding HST 30 is provided on the inner side of the left and right HSTs 30. The left and right wet brakes 35 are operatively linked to a single brake pedal 36 disposed at the front right of the body frame 10.

  Reference numeral 37 shown in FIG. 4 denotes a gear pump driven by rotation of an intermediate shaft that rotates integrally with an intermediate spur gear among the three spur gears 22 extending from the input shaft 21 of the transmission case 20 to the power distribution mechanism 23. is there.

As shown in FIG. 5, the grass collecting duct 6 basically has a downwardly open channel cross section composed of an upper plate 60 and left and right side plates 61 hanging downward from the side ends of the upper plate 60. Although it is a rectangular duct, a short front receiving plate 62 arranged to close the channel opening is further provided at the inlet 6A connected to the outlet of the mower unit 4. Since the cut grass guided along the grass collecting duct 6 is riding on the conveying wind having the upward characteristic created by the blade 44, the cut grass is conveyed rearward without dropping without the receiving plate. In this case, the wind may be carried, and in this case, the front receiving plate 62 is provided to prevent the cut grass from falling to the ground. Thus, since in some cases the removal of grass clippings to be deposited on the surface of the receiving plate 62, backing plate 62 is configured to swing posture its surface by a manual operation to tilt greater with respect to the ground. As will be described in detail later, similarly, a rear receiving plate 63 is also arranged at an outlet 6B of the grass collection duct 6 connected to the gate frame 7 functioning as a connection relay member between the grass collection duct 6 and the grass collection container 5. I have. As shown in FIG. 1, the grass collection duct 6 is fixed by a body frame 10 and a bracket 15 attached to the body frame 10.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 6 to 8, the gate frame 7 has a structure in which a frame plate 71 is attached around a rectangular upright plate 70, and the upright plate 70 has a passage opening 72. The container main body 50 of the grass collection container 5 is supported by the gate frame 7 so as to be able to swing up and down around the horizontal support shaft 51 via a horizontal support shaft 51 rotatably provided on the upper frame plate 71. ing. Due to this swinging structure, the grass collection container 5 has a grass collection posture in which the opening 50a of the container body 50 faces the standing plate 70 and the opening 50a overlaps the passage opening 72 of the standing plate 70, and the opening 50a is It is possible to swing between a weeding posture facing the ground.

  The above-described swing of the grass collecting container 5 with respect to the gate frame 7 is performed by a hydraulic cylinder having one end pivotally supported by a lower portion of the gate frame 7 and the other end pivotally supported by a swing link 52 fixed to the support shaft 51. This is performed hydraulically by 53.

  In this embodiment, the gate frame 7 is connected to the traveling machine 1 via an elevating link mechanism 8, and the elevating link mechanism 8 is connected to the gates from the upper right and left ends of a fall protection frame 16 erected on the traveling machine 1. An upper arm 80 and a lower arm 81 extending in parallel to each other to form a parallel quadruple link over the lower portion of the frame 7, and a hydraulic cylinder 82 spanning the fall protection frame 16 and the lower arm 81. When the hydraulic cylinder 82 is operated, the gate frame 7 and, as a result, the grass container 5 swingably supported by the gate frame 7 are removed from the outlet section 6B of the grass collecting duct 6. Can be raised and lowered between a low level position corresponding to the height level of the truck and a high level position higher than the height of the truck bed. In the low-level position, the outlet 6B of the grass collecting duct 6 and the opening 50a of the container body 50 substantially face each other, and the vertical plate 70 of the gate frame 7 is provided at the boundary between the outlet 6B and the opening 50a. And the cut grass sent from the grass collection duct 6 through the passage 72 of the standing plate 70 can reach the grass collection container 5.

Rear side of the receiving plate 63 as described above constitutes the bottom wall of the outlet portion 6B of the grass collecting duct 6, with the grass collecting posture of the grass catcher 5 to swing to Haikusa posture surface of the receiving plate 63 It is configured to swing to a posture that is greatly inclined with respect to the ground. The swing structure of the receiving plate 63 will be described below.

As schematically illustrated in Figures 9 and 10, substantially right triangular webs 63a to both ends of the receiving plate 63 (side plate) is provided with cut grass is that accumulate on the surface of the receiving plate 63 Prevents accidental fall from the side. The receiving plate 63 having a channel structure having an upward opening by the web 63a is laid out so as to fit into a channel structure having a downward opening of the outlet 6B of the grass collecting duct 6 in a horizontal posture.

As is clear from FIGS. 6, 7 and 10, the receiving plate 63 is held by receiving its back surface by the swing arm 74 fixed to the swing horizontal shaft 73 provided at the lower part of the gate frame 7. ing. Further, one end thereof penetrates through a long hole 74b provided in the distal end region of the swing arm 74 and enters a hole at the lower end portion of the web 63a of the receiving plate 63, whereby the web 63a is pivotally connected to the receiving plate 63. The receiving plate 63 is connected to the gate frame 7 by a link rod 75 which is connected and has the other end pivotally connected to the lower portion of the gate frame 7. As is apparent from FIG. 7, the link rod 75 penetrates a bent portion for pivotal connection with the gate frame 7, a straight portion extending in parallel with the swing arm 74, and a long hole 74b of the swing arm 74. And a bent portion pivotally connected to the web 63a of the receiving plate 63. The swing arm 74 also has an extension 74a on the opposite side to the receiving plate 63 with respect to the swing horizontal shaft 73, and the extension 74a is linked to the swing link 52 by a connecting rod 76.

As can be clearly understood from FIG. 11, the hydraulic cylinder 53 is operated to swing the swing link 52 in the counterclockwise direction (with respect to FIG. 11) in order to swing the grass collecting container 5 from the grass collecting position to the weeding position. When the connecting rod 76 is pushed down, the swing arm 74 swings clockwise (with reference to FIG. 11). The clockwise swing of the swing arm 74 moves the receiving plate 63 placed on the swing arm 74 under the control of the link rod 75. At this time, the movement of the receiving plate 63 is similarly swung with the swing of the swing arm 74, but the swing is caused by the link rod 75 pivotally connected to the web 63 a attached to the receiving plate 63. As a result, the relative sliding between the swing arm 74 and the back surface of the receiving plate 63 and the bending of the link rod 75 are accompanied by the movement of the link rod 75 in the elongated hole 74b. The pivot connection point (Y) with the gate frame 7 is set as the pivot axis. The position of the pivot connection point (Y) as the pivot axis of the receiving plate 63 is at a level lower than the axis (X) of the pivoting lateral shaft 73 functioning as the pivot axis of the pivot arm 74. is there. By lowering the position of the pivot axis (Y) of the receiving plate 63 in this manner, even if the length of the receiving plate 63 is increased, the tip of the receiving plate 63 interferes with the upper plate 60 of the grass collecting duct 6 at the time of swinging. That can be avoided. This feature is important because increasing the length of the receiving plate 63 increases the ability to catch the cut grass in the transition area from the grass collection duct 6 to the grass collection container 5.

Due to the above-described structure of the grass container 5 swingably supported by the gate frame 7 and the receiving plate 63, when the grass container 5 is swung from the grass-collecting posture to the weeding posture with the gate frame 7 as a reference. At the same time, the receiving plate 63 is swung from the grass guiding posture in which the surface thereof substantially coincides with the grass transport direction to the grass removing posture in which the surface is greatly inclined with respect to the ground. That is, the cut grass stored in the receiving plate 63 is also released at the same time as the cut grass accumulated in the grass collection container 5 is released. The reason why such a configuration has a particular advantage is that the grass collection container 5 may be lifted from a position aligned with the grass collection duct 6 in the case of a high dump such as discharging grass from the grass collection container 5 to a truck bed. This is because cut grass falling from the opening 50a of the main body 50 is similarly received by the receiving plate 63 rising integrally with the gate frame 7, so that it can be prevented from being scattered around.

In this embodiment, a grass collecting container 5 and a receiving plate 63 functioning as a cut grass receiving tray are swingably attached to a gate frame 7 supported on the traveling machine body 1 via a lifting link mechanism 8 , and the grass collecting container 5 and the receiving plate 63 are swung by the common hydraulic cylinder 53, so that the gate frame 7 is raised by the elevating link mechanism 8 according to the height level of the respective cutting grass leaving area, and from an appropriate height level, The stored cut grass can be reliably discharged to the cut grass leaving area.

[Another embodiment]
Hereinafter, other embodiments of the present invention will be listed.
(1) In the above embodiment, the gate frame 7 is attached to the traveling body 1 via the elevating link mechanism 8 , but when high dump is not required, the gate frame 7 is directly attached to the traveling body 1 and the elevating link mechanism 8 is attached. It may be omitted.
(2) In the above embodiment, of the upper plate 60, the side plate 61, and the receiving plate 63 constituting the outlet 6B of the grass collecting duct 6, only the receiving plate 63 is independently provided and swingably provided on the gate frame 7. Instead of this, the upper plate 60, the side plate 61 and the receiving plate 63 at the outlet 6B of the grass collecting duct 6 are integrated and separated from the grass collecting duct 6, so that the gate frame 7 can swing. The configuration provided may be adopted. In this case, since the side plate 61 functions as the web 63a of the receiving plate 63, the web 63a is unnecessary.
(3) In the above embodiment, the distal end of the receiving plate 63 of the length a significantly also receiving plate 63 so as not to interfere with the upper plate 60 of the grass collecting duct 6 during the swing, the receiving plate 63 of the pivot axis Although the position (Y) is set at a position lower than the swing axis (X) of the swing arm 74, the case where a longer receiving plate 63 is used or the upper plate 60 of the outlet portion 6B is not used. In order to prevent the tip of the receiving plate 63 and the upper plate 60 of the grass collecting duct 6 from interfering with each other even in the case of low swinging, the rocking axis (Y) of the receiving plate is lowered with the swinging to the grass removal posture. May be adopted. Such a structure can be realized, for example, by attaching the link rod 75 to the gate frame 7 via a swing bracket that swings downward by the swing of the swing arm 74.
(4) The work machine may be a sweeper dedicated to grass collection for collecting the grass left in the work place at the time of mowing work, or a front mower type equipped with a mower 4 at the front of the traveling body 1. It may be a mower or the like.

Overall side view of a mower equipped with a grass collecting device according to the present invention Plan view of the main part of the mower according to FIG. 1 Rear view of the main part of the mower according to FIG. Transmission system diagram of the mower according to FIG. Side sectional view of grass collection duct Side view of gate frame Rear view showing the gate frame and the receiving plate in the grass removal position Side view showing the grass-collecting duct, grass-collecting container, and gate frame in the state of grass harvesting Perspective view showing the receiving plate and the gate frame Cross section of exit of grass collection duct Explanatory drawing explaining the swing from the cut grass collection state to the cut grass release state

Explanation of reference numerals

1 traveling body 2 wheel (front wheel)
3 drive wheels (rear wheels)
3a axle 4 mower unit 5 grass collecting container 6 grass collecting duct 6A inlet 6B outlet 7 gate frame 8 lifting link mechanism 50 container body 50a opening 51 support shaft 52 swing link 53 hydraulic cylinder 60 upper plate 61 side plate 62 receiving plate (Front support plate)
63 receiving plate (rear receiving plate )
63a Web 70 Standing plate 71 Frame plate 72 Passage port 73 Swing horizontal shaft 74 Swing arm 74a Extension 75 Link rod 76 Connecting rod

Claims (3)

A grass harvesting device for feeding the grass harvested by the mower unit to a grass harvesting container,
A grass collecting duct for guiding grass cutting from the front mower unit to the grass collecting container on the rear side, and a container unit for containing and discharging grass cut from the grass collecting duct,
A supporting mechanism capable of changing the posture to a grass-collecting posture capable of supporting the container unit and feeding cut grass from the grass-collecting duct, and a weeding posture of lifting and discharging the cut grass contained therein to an upper position. Prepare,
The container unit has a grass collection container having a space for accommodating the cut grass fed from the grass collection duct, a lid capable of opening and closing a part of the grass storage space in the grass collection container, and a grass collection posture. A receiving plate positioned in front of and below the entrance opening of the grass collection container so as to enter the terminal end portion of the grass collection duct in front of the entrance opening of the grass collection container, and to exit at the time of shifting the weeding posture;
In the weeding posture, the support mechanism supports the entrance opening of the weeding container of the container unit in a state facing the terminal end of the weeding duct. The container is moved rearward and upward substantially in parallel from the grass-collecting posture, lifted to a rear-upper position away from the terminal end of the grass-collecting duct, and the lid is opened, and the bottom surface of the grass-collecting container is raised. It is configured to support in a state where the cut grass housed in an inclined manner is released and released,
As the grass container is lifted in a substantially parallel posture, the receiving plate moves substantially in parallel with the grass container, and the receiving surface is tilted with the posture change to the weeding posture of the grass container. Weeding device configured to change posture.   2. The grass collecting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the receiving surface of the receiving plate is configured to be displaced in a swinging manner about a swing axis in a lateral direction transverse to a feeding direction of the cut grass.   The grass collecting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the receiving plate includes a receiving surface in a direction along a bottom surface of the grass collecting container in a grass collecting posture, and an upright surface provided on both right and left ends thereof.

Images