Rammer incorporating an internal combustion engine having an inclined cylinder axis

A rammer comprising:

• a vertically elongated rammer main body having a stamping plate at a lower end thereof;
• a handle bar extending laterally from an upper part of said rammer main body;
• an internal combustion engine mounted on an upper part of said rammer main body substantially on a same side as said handle bar, a crankshaft of said engine extending substantially in parallel with said handle bar, and an axial center line of a cylinder of said engine being slanted sideways from a vertical axial line;
• a power transmission unit mounted on said rammer main body for transmitting power of said engine to said stamping plate;
• wherein a center of gravity of said engine is placed substantially on a vertical line passing through a center of an axial center line of said rammer main body as projected on a plane perpendicular to said handle bar;
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• wherein said power transmission unit comprises a power takeout shaft having an axial line which extends in parallel with said crankshaft and intersects with said vertical line, said power takeout shaft being connected to said stamping plate in a power transmitting relationship.