Abstract: A riding type mower includes steered front wheels and driven rear wheels arranged in the front and rear parts of a vehicle body, respectively, a mowing cutter mechanism disposed under the vehicle body, a driver's seat disposed on the vehicle body, and an engine for driving the rear wheel and the mowing cutter mechanism. The driver's seat is disposed substantially at the longitudinally central part of the vehicle body, the engine is disposed below the driver seat, a fuel supply system of the engine is disposed at one side of the engine, and an exhaust system of the engine is disposed at the other side of the engine. Power of the engine is transmitted through a pulley belt to an input shaft of a transmission gearing for the rear wheels, with the transmission gearing being disposed behind a rear axle, and concurrently from the input shaft through another pulley belt to the cutter mechanism which is level-adjustably disposed substantially in the longitudinal central part of the vehicle body.

Abstract: A device for fixing a grass collecting bag onto a rotary type lawn mowing machine which is constructed with a machine body having a grass clipping discharging port at one portion thereof, a door type lid which is provided at the grass clipping discharging port of the lawn mowing machine and which is constantly energized in its closing direction, a grass collecting case or bag to be communicatively connected to the grass clipping discharging port, interlocking means provided on both lid and grass collecting bag to be joined together, the lid being opened inward of the grass collecting bag when both are joined together, and hooking means provided on both grass collecting bag and the grass clipping discharging port in the machine body so as to maintain tight connection between the grass collecting bag and the grass clipping discharging port.