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PART THREE – 1954 Patent
Crowe’s patent from early 1954 is a significant one; in that
it covers a sophisticated design for a rear discharge, catchered
rotary mower, and it appears to predate Australia’s
Clyde rotary by a couple of years. Maybe.

The design of a skirted chassis and chute system seems
uncontroversial today. However, of interest is the ‘draught
creating means’ – a bar blade holder with vanes and flat
blades (a less elegant solution to the fluted blades we use today).