Patent · US Expired

Brushcutter

US4864728A · kind A · utility

17Cited by
6References
12Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 27, 1988
Grant dateSep 12, 1989
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Expiry dateJun 27, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA01D75/206
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A brushcutter has a guide wand with a drive head rotatably mounted thereon. A motor rotatably drives the drive head and a cutting head for cutting vegetation is mounted on the drive head and defines a rotational plane. A protective arrangement partially overlaps the cutting tool in the region of the rotational plane and has a downwardly extending wall. A detachable skirt extends from the wall downwardly so as to terminate at an elevation beneath the rotational plane and deflects stones and other hard objects caught by the cutting tool thereby protecting an operator of the brushcutter against injury.

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