Ronald A Griffin

US Patent:

58602720, Jan 19, 1999

Filed:

Sep 26, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/938587

Inventors:

Ronald H. Griffin - Broken Arrow OK

International Classification:

A01D 3482

US Classification:

563201

Abstract:

A hole cover for covering and sealing the main pulley hole of a lawn and garden tractor mower belt housing. The cover includes a central hole adapted to receive the main pulley therein. A radial opening of the hole cover provides a passageway through which the main pulley may pass when the hole cover is placed around the main pulley. A fastener is used to secure the hole cover to the belt housing. The belt housing includes a bellows surrounding the central hole that provides better sealing and an adjustable central hole size making the hole cover universally acceptable to a wide variety of main pulley sizes. The radial opening defines facing sides of the hole cover that overlap one another to better provide sealing of the main pulley hole. An alternative interlocking mechanism attaches the facing sides to one another.