Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 March 1901 — Single Wheel Lawn Mower. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Single Wheel Lawn Mower.

Below we illustrate a new pattern of lawn mower, which the inventor claims will run easier than the two-wheeled rotary grass cutter now In use. The wheel used is similar to the ordinary wheel, except that it is much largeT, affording greater traction on the surface of the earth than was possible with the two small wheels, and therefore providing more power for the cutting mechanism. This latter feature consists of a cutter bar like that of a large mowing machine, with the guard and reciprocating blades complete. By a single gear arrangement the power Is taken from near the center of the traction wheel and delivered to an eccentric which in turn reciprocate* the knife bar. The swath cut is about equal to that cut by the old mower, but the height of the cutter bar be adjusted to cut the grass close to the ground or at any height desired. The mower has a clutch mechanism which enables the operator to draw it

backward without operating ths knives, and when not in use the cotter bar can be tilted into a vertical position to facilitate the removal of ths machine from one place to another.

HOW IT WORKS.