Abstract: This specification discloses a cutting head and mounting assembly for adjustably supporting the cutting head on a mower. The mounting assembly for the head permits easy adjustment of the height of the head above the ground, its horizontal angle with respect to the frame of the mower, and the inclination of the head from a horizontal to a vertical orientation or any angle of inclination therebetween. At the end of the head opposite its cutting flail members, there is a quick detach joint which allows, either an electric motor to be mounted and energized through a switch by electrical power available aboard the mower, or alternatively allows a cable drive to be mounted which drives the head from a friction drive mechanism taking power from the mower engine shaft, the friction drive being selectively engageable by means of a Bowden control cable. A guard to deflect cuttings away from the operation is mounted on the cutting head.

Abstract: A control system for a rotary type lawnmower having a cutter blade housing supporting an engine and having a handle extending upwardly for manipulation by an operator, the control system including a clutch between the motor shaft and the blade, the clutch being of the centrifugal type and having an external drum surface, a brake caliper assembly having two legs pivoted together near their centers and supported at the pivot by the housing, the inner portions of the legs clamping as a brake on said external drum surface and the outer portions of the legs supporting a spring operative in a direction to urge the inner legs to clamp toward each other, and a manual control including linkages coupled to the throttle and to the outer legs and operative when the control is manually actuated to advance the throttle and unclamp the brake, and when released to return the engine to idle and clamp the brake, contacts being provided on the legs to short-circuit the engine ignition when the brakes become excessively worn.

Abstract: A grass edger and trimmer attachment for a power mower including a vertical trimmer shaft mounted in a bearing fixed to the side of the mower housing, the trimmer shaft being driven by a pulley which is belt-driven by the mower engine, and the trimmer shaft supporting a trimmer hub carrying flail members at a level below the skirt of the mower housing, and the attachment further including an arm hinged to the housing and carrying an edger shaft with a drive roller thereon and an edger hub at its outer end with flail members fixed to the periphery of the hub, the drive roller engaging the trimmer drive pulley and being driven thereby when the arm and the edger shaft are substantially horizontal, but the arm being tiltable about the hinge to an elevated position wherein the roller is disengaged and the edger hub and flail members are raised out of operative position.