Patent ID: 7480998
Filing Date: 2009-01-27
Classification: A01D

Abstract:
1. A bush cutter for cutting grass by rotating a cutter, comprising: a main body of the bush cutter; a cutter holder mounted on the main body and rotatably supporting the cutter; a drive shaft rotatably supported to the main body and coupled to the cutter; a power source selectively composed of an engine or an electric motor; a drive side joint mounted on the main body and detachably attached to any one of an engine output side joint provided in an engine case accommodating the engine and a motor output side joint provided in a motor case accommodating the electric motor; a drive side coupling member coupled to the drive shaft in the drive side joint and coupled to any one of a drive side coupling member of the engine provided to an output shaft of the engine and a drive side coupling member of the motor provided to an output shaft of the electric motor; and a detachable and attachable accessory part provided so as to correspond to the engine or electric motor selectively mounted and assisting its driving, wherein said accessory part is detachable from said main body while said accessory part still being connected to the engine or the electric motor when the drive side joint is released from any one of the engine output side joint and the motor output side joint.