[4] Totally Enclosed Silencer - 30126/57

This was a muffler build into the mower body.
I have not been able to locate this patent for a more exact understanding. From the photographs (below)
it appears similar in concept to mufflers used on the Victa cast base rotaries of the time.

Pope did not use this idea on later rotaries. The later steel base did not lend itself to the idea,
and Pope probably found as good a solution by the fitment of a conventional muffler whose outlet was
directed down to the cutting chamber.

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[5] Vertical Pull Starter - 30129/57
The 'exclusive Pope vertical pull starter' was not going to go anywhere by 1957.
It was a pressed steel pulley that enabled a cord lanyard to be wrapped around it such that the
rope could be pulled both outwards and/or upwards.

The advent of automatic recoil starters at this time made this feature dead in the water.
Within a couple of years most lawnmowers (with little exception) would have automatic recoil starters,
or wind-up impulse or wind-up trip-release starters.

TO BE CONTINUED ...