Patent ID: 8683656

Claim:
A handle device of a work machine, comprising: a frame for accommodating a work device, the frame comprising a cross-frame part; a handle attached in a foldable manner to the frame, having left and right grip parts at distal ends thereof, and having a U-shaped support part at a proximal end thereof, the U-shaped support part including a handle engaging/disengaging part; and at least two handle turning mechanisms, each of which supports one of left and right attachment parts of the handle, the left and right attachment parts intersecting the cross frame part of the frame at a handle support part, such that the handle can turn about the handle support part of the cross-frame part as a turning fulcrum, wherein each of the handle turning mechanisms comprises: a pair of shaft-clasping members which hold the handle support part in a sandwiching manner; and a pair of pressure-coupling members which press the shaft-clasping members towards the handle support part, and wherein the frame comprises a bottom frame part, a plurality of vertical frame parts standing upright from the bottom frame part, and the cross-frame frame part spanning the vertical frame parts, wherein said left and right attachment parts of the handle are disposed at positions between said distal ends and said proximal end of said handle, wherein the handle engaging/disengaging part is spaced from the left and right attachment parts and is at a center of an end of said U-shaped support part, the U-shaped support part being opposite the left and right grip parts, and wherein the handle engaging/disengaging part of the handle is disposed on an opposite side of the left and right attachment parts relative to the grip parts, in a proximal-distal direction of said handle.