Patent ID: 8918998
Filing Date: 2014-12-30
Classification: A01G

Abstract:
1. A hedge trimmer comprising: a rearward handle; a tubular handle; a blade assembly having at least one cutter bar defining a cutter bar plane; an internal combustion engine including a cylinder and a crankcase connected to said cylinder; said engine including a piston arranged in said cylinder so as to be movable back and forth therein; said cylinder defining a combustion chamber delimited by said piston; a crankshaft rotatably mounted in said crankcase for rotation about a rotational axis; and, said piston being operatively connected to said crankshaft so as to impart rotation thereto about said rotational axis; said at least one cutter bar being operatively connected to said crankshaft so as to cause said at least one cutter bar to be driven to move back and forth; said blade assembly defining a longitudinal center axis; said cylinder defining a cylinder longitudinal axis; said hedge trimmer defining a transverse plane containing said rotational axis of said crankshaft and being perpendicular to said cylinder longitudinal axis; a tank; said transverse plane having a first side and a second side; said cylinder and said rearward handle being arranged on said first side of said transverse plane; and, said tank being arranged on said second side of said transverse plane.