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Mary Bellis. Inventions Expert. Mary Bellis covered inventions and inventors for ThoughtCo for 18 years. She is known for her independent films and documentaries, including one about Alexander Graham Bell. Updated March 01, Cite this Article Format. Bellis, Mary. Stroud was also a bustling commerce center during that time. The production of the first lawn mower became a success. It was called the cylinder mower because of its form. Despite it being heavy with its cast iron parts, the first mower was quite similar to the lawn mower we see today.
The first lawn mower had a wooden handle, a big roller that contained the cutting cylinder in front, and cast iron gear wheels. Photo credit: BBC. According to BBC , rumor has it that Budding tested his device prototype at night to stay away from the prying eyes of his neighbors! Budding and Ferrabee patented their invention so that, people who would like to copy it should obtain a license from them prior to reproduction.
This started the evolution of the push mower that we know today. In , J. Ransome from Ipswich, England managed to get a license to mass-produce the device. The first lawn mower was well-received by the public as it was reported that The Ransomes Co. In England, pleasure grounds or parks for outdoor activities became popular. These open spaces provided people hang-out spots or sports grounds for entertainment and relaxation.
With this, came the increased demand for lawn mowers, so much so that businesses even hired people to do the mowing. But as large lawns increased in number, so did the demand for labor in mowing lawns. In , Scottish engineer Alexander Shanks of Arbroath made a inch reel lawn mower driven by horses. Shanks created a larger model a year after and this gave birth to the inch mower.
The first reel-type mower with spiral blades appeared in the United States in when Amariah Hills, a manufacturer in Connecticut received its first license in America. After two years, Indiana resident Elwood McGuire created a machine that made mowing easier — the lightweight sidewheel mower. The sidewheel mower had cast iron wheels on the sides.
This drives the cutting cylinder directly through ratchets located in the castings. Without a metal rear roller, sidewheel mowers were very light and cheap to manufacture. By , the United States was producing around 50, mowers of this type yearly. While the sidewheel mower became popular in the US, improvements on the lawn mower were further made in England, where grasses were too delicate to cut finely.
In the US, grasses were coarser, making them easy to cut by sidewheel mowers. Around , James Surner of Lancaster, England created a steam-powered lawn mower but it was just too heavy to be pulled by horses. The inch machine weighed two tons, exhausting the animals pulling it.
Ransome conceptualized the first petrol engine. Designed by W. Stephenson-Peach, the invention was manufactured in and sold in the market until World War I. But before World War II, these mowers went down in sales due to the severe economic downturn.
Families prioritized purchases of food over garden tools. In , sidewheel mowers carried behind a horse, car, or tractor were widely used for maintaining grasses on horseracing tracks and other similar, big-sized lawns.
The lawn mower version of Toro for golf courses was a foot wide device, with inch mowers carried at the back of a tractor. It was three times faster than a horse-drawn mower. In , Toro made a small version of the device for the landscape contractor market. It was easy to maneuver, thus, the company produced it until the s. The inch Professional. Photo credit: The Toro Co. After World War II, lawn mower manufacturers worked double-time to keep up with the increasing demand.
Companies were on the lookout for new markets that needed the peacetime product to maintain sprawling fields and small yards. The rotary lawn mower came to existence, thanks to buckhorn plants in Warrensburg, Missouri in It all started with a problem.
Leonard Goodall and his wife wanted to get rid of buckhorn plants that were rapidly increasing outside their coffee shop. So he experimented with an electric motor, which he affixed to the top of a deck. Home Generators. Pressure Washers. Snow Blowers. Lawn Mower Maintenance. Engine Parts. Equipment Parts. Parts Lookup Tool. Owner Support. Register Product. Locate Model Number. Dealer Locator. Maintenance How-To. Warranty Information.
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