Patent ID: 8122607
Filing Date: 2012-02-28
Classification: A01G,B26B

Abstract:
1. An electric shears comprising: a trigger operable to be pulled; a motor which rotates in accordance with a pulling operation of the trigger; a screw shaft which rotates interlockingly with the motor; a nut which is screwed onto the screw shaft and is slidable with respect to the screw shaft in accordance with a rotation of the screw shaft; a fixed blade; a movable blade which is coupled to the nut and is movable with respect to the fixed blade; a detector which detects a pulled position of the trigger, the pulled position of the trigger corresponding to a position of the movable blade with respect to the fixed blade; and a controller which controls a rotation of the motor based on the pulled position of the trigger detected by the detector, wherein the controller controls the position of the movable blade with respect to the fixed blade by controlling the rotation of the motor such that the movable blade assumes the position which corresponds to the pulled position of the trigger detected by the detector.