PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mower 20 capable of carrying out the mowing well according to the condition of grass to be mowed such as the height and growing density of the grass to be mowed.SOLUTION: The mower 20 includes: a mowed grass-discharging opening 29 for discharging the mowed grass, installed in a mowing blade housing 21 having the mowing blade 26 freely driven and rotated around a shaft center in the upper and lower direction in the interior; a plurality of air intakes 21d formed in a ceiling plate 21a of the mowing blade housing 21; and a cover 58 covering the plurality of the air intakes 21d at an interval in the upper side of the ceiling plate 21a.COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT【課題】本発明は、刈り草の丈や生え密度等の刈り草の状態に応じて良好に草刈りを行える刈草装置20を提供することにある。【解決手段】内部に上下向き軸芯まわりで駆動回転自在な刈り刃26を備えた刈り刃ハウジング21に、刈取った刈り草を排出する刈り草排出口29を備えるとともに、刈り刃ハウジング21の天板21aに複数の空気取り入れ口21dを備え、天板21aから上方に間隔を隔てて複数の空気取り入れ口21dを覆うカバー58を設けたものである。【選択図】図5