Title:
SPEED CONTROL SYSTEM FOR POWER EQUIPMENT OF WALK-BEHIND TYPE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP3808486
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To realize improvement of a speed control system for power equipment of walk-behind type operated by an operator.
SOLUTION: A self-propelled machine of walk-behind type has a mobile structure and a handle assembly which is joined to the mobile structure. The handle assembly has a pair of handle parts. A ground traction member is rotatably joined to the mobile structure and tracks and moves the mobile structure on the ground. A power source outputs driving force. A drive system is joined to the power source and the ground traction member, by being positioned between them, and selectively transmits the driving force to the ground traction member. A speed control operation system is connected to the drive system and has a control member which is rotatable around a shaft. The shaft is arranged approximately parallel to a plane extending in a space between the pair of the handle parts in the handle assembly, and therefore the operator can operate the control member by only using the thumbs, without detaching the hands from the pair of the handle parts.
Inventors:
Harry El., Derby, The Fifth
Brian E., Holby
Brian E., Holby
Application Number:
JP2005043731A
Publication Date:
August 09, 2006
Filing Date:
February 21, 2005
Export Citation:
Assignee:
TEXTRON INCORPORATED
International Classes:
A01D34/46; A01B33/08; A01D34/82; B62D51/06; (IPC1-7): A01D34/46
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Kenzo Hara International Patent Office
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