Patent ID: 7086432
Filing Date: 2006-08-08
Classification: A01G

Abstract:
1. A cutting machine comprising: a cutting apparatus configured for cutting a workpiece; an engine configured for powering the cutting apparatus; and a shaft assembly configured for transferring energy from the engine to the cutting apparatus, the shaft assembly including a shaft plate, a stub shaft and a coupling plate, the shaft plate connected to the engine, the coupling plate interposed between the engine and the shaft plate, the shaft plate defining a shaft aperture therethrough with the stub shaft disposed in the shaft aperture, the stub shaft having a first end and an opposing second end defining a longitudinal axis, the first end depending from the shaft aperture and rotatably connected to the cutting apparatus, the coupling plate including a coupling rotatably connected to the engine and defining a coupling chamber therein, the second end of the stub shaft depending from the shaft aperture and connected in the coupling chamber such that a rotation of the coupling rotates the stub shaft to operate the cutting apparatus.