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PART 2 - PATENTS - Introduction

This was a design that was extensively planned and thought out.
What Pope lacked was foresight as to how Australian lawnmower design would dramatically change
over the next few years.

The first Pope incorporated no less than seven Pope patented features!
Here is a detail extract from the late 1957 advertisement:-



Here is a summary of those patent Applications. I discuss each one in subsequent posts.



NOTE: The 320-01 would be replaced with a completely new pressed steel chassis from 320-02 onwards.
The 'Steel 320s' would not incorporate the enclosed silencer or vertical pull rope starter. They would
incorporate a more conventional cowled engine and windrower as they became side-discharge catcher lawnmowers.

* The Steel 320s would use the most significant patents covering sealed wheels and the cutter disc.
I supply copies of the last two - the wheels and the cutter disc - in this forum topic.

TO BE CONTINUED ...