Handheld work apparatus

A handheld work apparatus comprising:

• a drive motor;
• an operator-controlled element for controlling said drive motor;
• a housing;
• a blocking device for said operator-controlled element having a blocking position in which said blocking device mechanically blocks an actuation of said operator-controlled element and having an enabled position in which said operator-controlled element is enabled to control said drive motor;
• a first actuating element having an actuated position and a non-actuated position,
• a second actuating element configured to act on said blocking device and having an actuated position and a non-actuated position;
• said second actuating element being connected to said blocking device so as to permit said second actuating element to move said blocking device between said blocking position and said enabled position in correspondence to said non-actuated position and said actuated position of said second actuating element when said first actuating element is in said actuated position thereof;
• and,
• said first actuating element is configured to, when in said non-actuated position thereof, act on said connection between said second actuating element and blocking device in such a way that said blocking device remains in said blocking position when said second actuating element is moved between said non-actuated and actuated positions thereof such that said blocking device is only capable of moving to said enabled position when both said first actuating element and said second actuating element are moved to their actuated positions.

A handheld work apparatus comprising:

• a drive motor;
• an operator-controlled element for controlling said drive motor;
• a housing;
• a blocking device for said operator-controlled element having a blocking position in which said blocking device mechanically blocks an actuation of said operator-controlled element and having an enabled position in which said operator-controlled element is enabled to control said drive motor;
• a first actuating element movable between a non-actuated position and an actuated position;
• said first actuating element being configured to hold said blocking device in said blocking position while in said non-actuated position and to no longer inhibit a movement of said blocking device into said enabled position when in said actuated position thereof;
• a second actuating element being movable between a non-actuated position wherein said blocking device is inhibited from moving between said blocking position and said enabled position and an actuated position wherein said blocking device is free to move from said blocking position into said enabled position once said first actuating element is in said actuated position thereof;
• and,
• said blocking device including an elastic biasing unit to elastically bias said blocking device in response to a movement of said second actuating element from said non-actuated position thereof to said actuated position thereof causing said blocking device to assume said enabled position in response to said first actuating element being moved into said actuated position thereof such that said blocking device is only capable of moving to said enabled position when both said first actuating element and said second actuating element are moved to their actuating positions.

A handheld work apparatus comprising:

• a drive motor;
• an operator-controlled element for controlling said drive motor;
• a housing;
• a blocking device for said operator-controlled element having a blocking position in which said blocking device mechanically blocks an actuation of said operator-controlled element and having an enabled position in which said operator-controlled element is enabled to control said drive motor;
• a first actuating element movable between a non-actuated position and an actuated position;
• a second actuating element movable between a non-actuated position and an actuated position;
• said blocking device comprising a lever pivotally mounted on said housing so as to pivot between a first lever position, corresponding to the blocking position, and a second lever position, corresponding to the enabled position;
• an elastic biasing unit, said elastic biasing unit being a spring mutually connecting said second actuating element and said lever and arranged to apply a biasing force to said lever when said second actuating element is pivoted into said actuated position thereof;
• a first holding contour being formed on the first actuating element;
• a second holding contour being formed on the lever;
• the first holding contour being configured to bear against the second holding contour in the actuated position of the first actuating element and the blocking device being in its enabled position;
• and,
• the second holding contour being located in a pivoting path of the first holding contour and keeping the first actuating element in its actuated position as long as the second actuating element is in its actuated position.