Brake for a hedge clipper

A work implement in the nature of a drive for a tool and a starting and/or switching-off braking device for the tool, comprising:

• a brake button which can be externally actuated by a user, with which the starting and/or switching-off brake can be released;
• a device for changing the rotational speed of the drive, the device having a throttle button capable of being externally actuated by the user;
• wherein the brake button and the throttle button are arranged on a handle so that they can be contacted simultaneously by the same hand of a user;
• characterised in that the throttle button can be actuated when the starting and/or switching-off brake is applied, so that the throttle button and the brake button can be actuated independently of one another, and so that the brake button can be actuated continuously between a brake button rest position and a maximum brake button operating position, and in any position of the brake button the throttle button can be actuated continuously between a throttle button rest position and a maximum throttle button operating position;
• whereas the throttle button is in communication with the drive via a first connecting means, which is performed as a throttle cable assembly, and the brake button is in communication with the starting or switching-off brake via a second connecting means, which is performed as a brake cable assembly.