Cutter Bar of a Motor-Operated Hedge Trimmer

Abstract

A cutter bar of a motor-operated hedge trimmer has a blade support and at least one cutter blade guided so as to slide oscillatingly on the blade support. The cutter blade has laterally projecting cutting teeth defining a blade plane. A cutter guard is mounted on the blade support and extends across at least a part of the cutter blade. The cutter guard has laterally projecting guard fingers covering the cutting teeth with oversize. The cutter guard is made of an impact-resistant plastic material. The cutter guard has a longitudinal support extending in a longitudinal direction of the blade support. The guard fingers are attached to the longitudinal support. The guard fingers are more bending resistant than the longitudinal support in a deformation plane that is perpendicular to the blade plane and to the longitudinal direction.

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