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A riding lawn mower comprises a frame supported by wheels, a mower housing carried at the underside of the frame, a plurality of cutter blades located within the mower housing to cut grass, a collection bag mounted on the rear of the frame, a discharge chute extending between the mower housing and t

A riding lawn mower comprises a frame supported by wheels, a mower housing carried at the underside of the frame, a plurality of cutter blades located within the mower housing to cut grass, a collection bag mounted on the rear of the frame, a discharge chute extending between the mower housing and the collection bag and defining a clipping path from the cutter blades into the collection bag, a blower including an impeller housing attached to the mower housing and an impeller located within the impeller housing and cooperating with the butter blades to convey the grass clippings into the collection bag through the discharge chute. A short conduit connects the impeller housing to the upstream end of the discharge chute to conduct an air generated by the impeller into the discharge chute. A central axis of the conduit is offset downwardly from a central axis of the discharge chute.

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A riding lawn mower comprising: a frame supported by wheels; a mower housing carried by said frame and including a side wall having a discharge opening defined therein; cutter means located within said mower housing for cutting grass; means for rotating said cutter means; collection means carried by

A riding lawn mower comprising: a frame supported by wheels; a mower housing carried by said frame and including a side wall having a discharge opening defined therein; cutter means located within said mower housing for cutting grass; means for rotating said cutter means; collection means carried by said frame for collecting grass clippings cut by said cutter means; a discharge chute extending between said discharge opening of the mower housing and said collection means and defining a clipping path from said cutter means into said collection means; blower means located adjacent to said mower housing for cooperating with said cutter means to convey said grass clippings into said collection means through said discharge chute, said blower including an impeller housing and impeller means located within said impeller housing for generating an airflow; and means for rotating said impeller means; said blower means being connected to said discharge chute and located externally of said clipping path; and said impeller housing being connected to said discharge chute external of and adjacent to said discharge opening of the mower housing in such manner that said airflow flows directly into said clipping path in a direction substantially identical to the direction in which said grass clippings flow from said discharge opening to said discharge chute.