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US 4,378,637 AGranted
Hedge cutting arrangement
AssigneeMetabowerke GmbH
InventorsHermann Kieser, Norbert Schur
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Abstract
A hedge cutting arrangement has a cutting device, a drive motor for driving the cutting device, a coupling arranged between the cutting device and the drive motor, two handles for two-hand operation, and two switching devices including actuating members, wherein the coupling is connected with both actuating members so that even when only one of the actuating members moves to its switching off position, the cutting device disconnects from the drive motor.
Claims32
A hedge cutting arrangement, comprising cutting means;
- a drive motor arranged to drive said cutting means;
- a coupling arranged between said drive motor and said cutting means and connecting said drive motor with and disconnecting said drive motor from said cutting means;
- two handles arranged for two hand operating the arrangement;
- and two switching devices each associated with a respective one of said handles and having an actuating member movable between switching on and switching off positions, said coupling being connected with both actuating members so that when even only one of said actuating members moves to its switching off position, said cutting means disconnects from said drive motor.
1 more element
A hedge cutting arrangement as defined in claim 9;
- and further comprising a slipping coupling arranged between said other sleeve and said drive motor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.