Patent ID: 6032369
Filing Date: 2000-03-07
Classification: A01D

Abstract:
A portable trimmer, comprising:a) a supporting tube; andb) a cutting device mounted on a forward end of the supporting tube and including:1) a case fixed to the forward end of the supporting tube, and having a first hole;2) a rotatable shaft, mounted within the case, and having an end portion with an outer surface on which threads are formed;3) a seating member, rotatable with the rotatable shaft, and having a second hole;4) a rotatable cutter that is removably mounted on the rotatable shaft;5) fastening means for fixing the rotatable cutter against the seating member by threadably engaging with the threads of the rotatable shaft;6) a separate stick for preventing rotation of the seating member; and7) biasing means, mounted on the case, for biasing the stick in a direction lateral to an elongated axis of the first hole, when the stick is inserted into the first hole and the second hole, and for slanting the protruding portion of the stick away from the case;wherein the through directions of the first and second holes extend substantially parallel to the axis of the rotatable shaft.