Patent ID: 6688404
Filing Date: 2004-02-10
Classification: A01G

Abstract:
A portable handheld edge cutter for edging a lawn or cutting turf comprising:a drive motor; a cutterhead; a guide tube having a first end connected to said drive motor and a second end connected to said cutterhead; said cutterhead including a gear case having a drive shaft disposed transversely to said guide tube and approximately parallel to the ground; drive means disposed in said guide tube for connecting said drive motor to said drive shaft in said gear case; said drive shaft protruding at one end thereof from said gear case; a cutter blade mounted on said drive shaft at said one end thereof so as to be driven by said drive shaft for lawn edging or turf cutting; a guide wheel mounted between said drive motor and said gear case to facilitate rolling said cutterhead over the ground; said guide wheel defining a first rotational axis lying approximately parallel to said drive shaft; spacer means mounted on said cutterhead so as to be in contact engagement with the ground; said gear case having a side facing away from said cutter blade; said gear case having a support lug on said side thereof lying approximately coaxially with said drive shaft; a spacer wheel rotatably mounted on said support lug so as to define a second rotational axis; and, said first and second rotational axes being spaced from each other at a distance (z) viewed in the work direction of said edge cutter.