Patent ID: 8015713

Claim:
A portable handheld work apparatus for cutting material, the apparatus comprising: a housing having an air intake opening formed therein; a drive motor mounted in said housing; a fan wheel driven by said drive motor for drawing a cooling airflow into said housing through said air intake opening and for moving said cooling airflow to said drive motor; a drive element rotatably driven about a rotational axis; a wrap protector fixedly mounted in said housing and at least partially surrounding said drive element to protect said drive element from a wrap around thereof of cut material entrained in said cooling airflow; said wrap protector having a radially outwardly directed flange referred to said rotational axis; a rotatably driven component; and, said flange being adjacent said component and said flange and said component conjointly defining a gap therebetween through which an outwardly directed airflow can pass during operation of said apparatus.