Gardening tool, particularly a grass trimmer
AssigneeChervon (HK) Limited
InventorToshinari Yamaoka
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Abstract
A gardening tool such as a grass trimmer is provided with a tool head, a motor for driving the tool head, a front housing for accommodating the motor, a trigger switch for activating the motor, a trigger operable to control the trigger switch, a battery pack for providing electric energy to the motor, a circuit board for electrically connecting the motor to the battery pack, and a rear housing for accommodating the circuit board. The rear housing forms a housing chamber for accommodating the trigger switch, the circuit board, and wires between the circuit board and the trigger switch.
Claims5
A grass trimmer, comprising:
- a trimmer head;
- a front housing;
- a motor received in the front housing for driving the trimmer head;
- a trigger switch for activating the motor;
- a trigger operable to control the trigger switch;
- a battery pack for providing electric energy to the motor;
- a circuit board for electrically connecting the motor to the battery pack;
- a rear housing formed to have a connection portion having a first air inlet, a handle portion, a support surface to support to an arm of a user when the user uses an ipsilateral hand to grip the handle portion, and a first accommodating portion, having a second air inlet, in which the circuit board is accommodated;
- a connecting tube assembly for connecting the front housing and the rear housing;
- a connecting terminal for electrically connecting with the battery pack;
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- a connecting wire disposed inside the handle portion,
- wherein the rear housing forms a clip structure for clipping the connecting wire at the inside of the handle portion and an inserting part of the connecting tube assembly in the rear housing forms a wire slot for allowing the connecting wire and the clip structure to pass therethrough,
- wherein the battery pack is detachably connected with the connecting portion, the handle portion is disposed between the motor and the circuit board, the connecting tube assembly comprises a connecting tube extending along a first direction, the battery pack is coupled with the connecting portion along the first direction, and a direction in which the support surface substantially extends and a length direction of the handle portion intersect at an obtuse angle β, and the obtuse angle β may range from 100° to 170° .
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.