IP Library Granted Patent US 12,193,371
Granted Patent B2
US 12,193,371 · App. 17/455,330 · Granted Jan 14, 2025

Hedge trimmer

Inventor: Masahiro Suzuki (Anjo, JP)
Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
A01G3/053A01G3/0475A01G2003/0461
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Patent No.
US 12,193,371
App. No.
17/455,330
Granted
Jan 14, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A hedge trimmer may include a body housing, a fixed plate, a blade and a chip receiver. A first engaged part may be disposed on a first side surface of the fixed plate and a second engaged part may be disposed on a second side surface of the fixed plate. The chip receiver may include a base part mounted on the fixed plate, a receiving part and an attachment part. The attachment part may include first engaging part, a second engaging part configured to be movable between an engaging position and a non-engaging position, and a manipulation part configured to move the second engaging part from the engaging position to the non-engaging position in response to a user operation. An upper surface of the base part is flat.

Claims (39)

1. A hedge trimmer comprising:

a body housing;

a fixed plate attached to the body housing and extending forward from a front part of the body housing, and;

a blade attached to the fixed plate, configured to be movable in a front-rear direction with respect to the fixed plate and extending forward from the front part of the body housing; and

a chip receiver detachably attached to the fixed plate,

wherein the fixed plate has, in a left-right direction, a first side surface defining a first engaged part and a second side surface opposed to the first side surface and defining a second engaged part,

wherein the chip receiver comprises:

a base part mounted on the fixed plate, wherein, in the front-rear direction, a frontmost side of the base part has a front wall and a rearmost side of the base part has a rear wall;

a receiving part connected to the base part and configured to receive cut branches and leaves;

a first engaging portion fixed to the base part and configured to engage with the first engaged part of the fixed plate;

a second engaging portion disposed on the receiving part and configured to be movable between an engaging position in which the second engaging portion is engaged with the second engaged part of the fixed plate and a non-engaging position in which the second engaging portion is not engaged with the second engaged part of the fixed plate; and

a manipulation part configured to move the second engaging portion from the engaging position to the non-engaging position in response to a user operation,

wherein an entirety of an upper surface of the base part that extends from the front wall to the rear wall of the base part is flat without a protruding part that protrudes from the upper surface.

2. The hedge trimmer according to claim 1 , wherein

the manipulation part is disposed on the receiving part.

3. The hedge trimmer according to claim 2 , wherein

an imaginary plane passes through the chip receiver in an up-down direction, at a junction of the receiving part and the base part of the chip receiver.

4. The hedge trimmer according to claim 1 , wherein

the first engaging portion is integrally formed with the base part.

5. The hedge trimmer according to claim 1 , wherein

the manipulation part is configured to be manipulable along a first direction orthogonal to the front-rear direction, and

the second engaging portion is configured to move along the first direction when the manipulation part is manipulated in the first direction.

6. A hedge trimmer comprising:

a body housing;

a fixed plate attached to the body housing and extending forward from a front part of the body housing;

a blade attached to the fixed plate, configured to be movable in a front-rear direction with respect to the fixed plate and extending forward from the front part of the body housing; and

a chip receiver detachably attached to the fixed plate,

wherein the fixed plate has, in a left-right direction, a first side surface defining a first engaged part and a second side surface opposed to the first side surface and defining a second engaged part

wherein the chip receiver comprises:

a base part mounted on the fixed plate, wherein, in the front-rear direction, a frontmost side of the base part has a front wall and a rearmost side of the base part has a rear wall;

a receiving part connected to the base part and configured to receive cut branches and leaves;

a first engaging portion fixed to the base part and configured to engage with the first engaged part of the fixed plate,

a second engaging portion disposed on the receiving part and configured to be movable between an engaging position in which the second engaging portion engages with the second engaged part of the fixed plate and a non-engaging position in which the second engaging portion does not engage with the second engaged part of the fixed plate, and

a manipulation part configured to move the second engaging portion from the engaging position to the non-engaging position in response to a user operation,

wherein the manipulation part is disposed on the receiving part,

wherein an imaginary plane passes through the chip receiver in an up-down direction, at a junction of the receiving part and the base part of the chip receiver, and

wherein the first engaging portion is integrally formed with the base part,

wherein the manipulation part is configured to be manipulable along a first direction orthogonal to the front-rear direction, and

the second engaging portion is configured to move along the first direction when the manipulation part is manipulated in the first direction.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 17, 2021
From: SUZUKI, MASAHIRO
To: MAKITA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 058142/0027 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-202038 · Dec 4, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220174879A1 · Jun 9, 2022
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