Bush cutter
AssigneeMakita Corporation
InventorsRyosuke Ito, Koji Haneda
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Abstract
A bush cutter is provided with a main pole, a cutting blade disposed at an anterior end of the main pole, a prime mover disposed at a posterior end of the main pole and configured to drive the cutting blade, and a handle disposed at an intermediate portion of the main pole and provided with a grip that is configured to be grasped by a user. The grip is provided with a driving switch for driving the cutting blade and an adjusting switch for adjusting at least one of a rotation speed and a rotation direction of the cutting blade. The driving switch and the adjusting switch are arranged so as to enable the user who grasps the grip to operate the driving switch and the adjusting switch with a hand grasping the grip without releasing the hand from the grip.
Claims9
A bush cutter comprising:
- a main pole;
- a cutting blade disposed at an anterior end of the main pole;
- a prime mover disposed at a posterior end of the main pole and configured to drive the cutting blade;
- and
- a handle disposed at an intermediate portion of the main pole and provided with a grip that is configured to be grasped by a user, wherein
- the grip is provided with a driving switch for driving the cutting blade, and a speed adjusting switch for adjusting a rotation speed of the cutting blade,
- the speed adjusting switch comprises a first operating projection that projects from a first side surface of the grip and a second operating projection that projects from a second side surface of the grip, the second side surface facing an opposite direction relative to the first side surface, and
- the speed adjusting switch comprises a cutaway section that is configured to receive a part of the driving switch when the driving switch is manually-operated by the user.
A bush cutter comprising:
- a main pole;
- a cutting blade disposed at an anterior end of the main pole;
- a prime mover disposed at a posterior end of the main pole and configured to drive the cutting blade;
- and
- a handle disposed at an intermediate portion of the main pole and provided with a grip that is configured to be grasped by a user, wherein
- the grip is provided with a driving switch for driving the cutting blade, and an speed adjusting switch for adjusting a rotation speed of the cutting blade,
- the speed adjusting switch comprises a cutaway section that is configured to receive a part of the driving switch when the driving switch is manually-operated by the user, and
- the cutaway section including a first cutaway section and a second cutaway section that is deeper than the first cutaway section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.