Pole Hedge Trimmer
AssigneeBlack & Decker Inc.
InventorsJoshua Sheffer, Mark Miller, Jason Busschaert
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Abstract
A pole hedge trimmer which is balanced about a pole axis and which has a handle which can be operated with a single hand to orient the trimming blade at a desired trimming angle. A pole hedge trimmer having a trimmer assembly having a motor unit and a trimmer unit, in which the trimmer assembly is supported by a pole at a distance from a power unit and the motor unit and trimmer unit are generally in balance with one another about a pole axis. The pole hedge trimmer can have a position system for orienting a trimmer blade using an orientation handle configured for one-handed operation by an operator to position the trimmer blade. The pole hedge trimmer can be a low-profile hedge trimmer allowing for very close trimming to surfaces.
Claims20
A power tool, comprising:
- a main body housing comprising a power unit configured at a distance from a trimmer assembly by a support member;
- said trimmer assembly having a motor unit powered by said power unit and configured to drive a trimmer unit having a trimmer axle about which a trimmer head having at least one of a trimmer blade can be rotated by an operator to configure said at least one trimmer blade at a desired trimmer angle;
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- said motor unit and said trimmer unit generally in balance with one another about a support member axis.
A hedge trimmer, comprising:
- a power unit powering a motor unit of a trimmer assembly;
- said trimmer assembly having a trimmer unit having a trimmer head having at least one trimmer blade driven by said motor;
- said trimmer assembly having a position system for orienting said at least one trimmer blade to a trimmer angle;
- said position system having an orientation handle adapted for one-hand operation to move and lock said trimmer head;
- said position system having a locked state and an unlocked state;
- when in said unlocked state said position system allows said at least one trimmer blade to move to an orientation having a trimming angle;
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- when in said locked state said position system fixes the trimmer blade at said trimming angle.
A low-profile hedge trimmer, comprising:
- a power unit configured at a distance from a trimmer assembly by a support member;
- said trimmer assembly having a trimmer axle about which a trimmer head having at least one of a trimmer blade can be rotated by an operator to configure said at least one trimmer blade at a desired trimmer angle;
- said trimmer axle having an axle centerline;
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- said trimmer blade having a lower face which has a lower face distance from the axle centerline of 60 mm or less.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.