Hedge trimmer

A hedge trimmer comprising:

• a cutter assembly including upper and lower cutters and upper and lower plate-like cutter supports, the upper and lower cutters having elongated substrates with their proximal ends positioned on a body housing with a drive source disposed therein, the elongated substrates being adapted to reciprocate in relatively opposite directions with respect to each other along a longitudinal direction, and the upper and lower plate-like cutter supports being integrated respectively in the longitudinal direction and extending respectively in the longitudinal direction so as to sandwich the upper and lower cutters therebetween to guide reciprocating relative motions of the upper and lower cutters while supporting the upper and lower cutters,
• wherein:
• projecting cutting edges provided at intervals on the elongated substrates of the upper and lower cutters are adapted to rub against each other,
• to secure a separation distance between the upper and lower cutter supports, the cutter assembly is provided with:
• a clamping portion having a spacer and a first bolt, the spacer being adapted to be relatively slidably fitted and inserted into first slotted holes provided in the cutters so as to be interposed between the upper and lower cutter supports, and the first bolt being adapted to be inserted from one side of the upper and lower cutter supports, pass through the spacer fitted and inserted into the first slotted holes, and be screwed into a screw portion provided on another side of the upper and lower cutter supports so as to securely fasten the upper and lower cutter supports to the spacer, and
• an adjusting portion having a second bolt, the second bolt being adapted to be inserted from the one side of the upper and lower cutter supports, pass through second slotted holes provided in the cutters, and be screwed into a screw portion on the other side of the upper and lower cutter supports so as to adjust the separation distance between the upper and lower cutter supports, and
• in the cutter supports of the cutter assembly, when a portion between the cutting edge closest to a proximal end and the cutting edge closest to a distal end is seen as divided roughly equally in half into a proximal half portion and a distal half portion, the number of the adjusting portions relative to that of the clamping portions is greater in the distal half portion than in the proximal half portion.