Patent ID: 6374498
Filing Date: 2002-04-23
Classification: A01G

Abstract:
A portable pruner comprising a shearing part, a transmission part, and a driving part,wherein the shearing part comprises a hook-shaped cutting edge, a slide cutting edge, a slide link, and a first restoring spring, wherein the slide cutting edge is fixed to a top of the slide link, which is installed in a tube hole formed under the hook-shaped cutting edge, wherein the bottom of the tube hole formed under the hook-shaped cutting edge is connected to a connecting link by a threaded coupling, wherein the transmission part comprises the connecting link, a transmission link, and a second restoring spring, wherein the transmission link is installed inside the connection link, with an upper portion thereof fitted with the second restoring spring, and a top portion thereof is connected to an end of the slide link, wherein a lower end of the connecting link is connected to a driving handle with a threaded coupling; wherein the driving part comprises the driving handle, a lever handle, and a slider, wherein the slider is installed in a tube of the driving handle and connected to one end of the lever handle, while the other end of the lever handle is fixed at the exterior of the tube of the driving handle, and a top-end of the slider is connected to the bottom-end of the transmission link, and wherein the hook of the hook-shaped cutting edge has a channel aligned with the slide cutting edge for receiving a safety plate when the pruner is not in use.