Patent ID: 8991514
Filing Date: 2015-03-31
Classification: A01B

Abstract:
1. A cultivator for cultivating a ground surface, the cultivator comprising: a main body housing an electric motor, the electric motor having an output shaft rotational axis extending in a heightwise direction of the cultivator; a plurality of cultivator blades on a lower side of the main body and rotatable by the electric motor during an operation of the cultivator about a blade rotational axis extending in a widthwise direction of the cultivator that is generally orthogonal to the output shaft rotational axis; a rechargeable battery receiver on an upper side of the main body having a rechargeable battery coupler includes a pair of slide rail portions and a connector portion provided between the pair of slide rail portions to lockingly engage at least one rechargeable battery; and a rechargeable battery cover pivotally attached to the main body to cover the rechargeable battery receiver, wherein the battery receiver is positioned at a rear side of the electric motor in a moving direction of the cultivator and the at least one rechargeable battery is insertable in the battery receiver in a downward direction generally parallel to the output shaft rotational axis at a position that is offset from the blade rotational axis in a radial direction thereof.