Patent ID: 8146257

Claim:
A brush cutter, comprising: an outer pipe provided with a cutting blade attachment at a first end and a power section at a second end; and a housing that connects the outer pipe and the power section, wherein the housing comprises: a housing main body fixed to the power section; and a clamp member formed as a cylinder having a same axial direction as an axial direction of the outer pipe, wherein the clamp member is received in the housing main body while the outer pipe is inserted in the clamp member, wherein the housing main body is provided such that a portion of the clamp member received in the housing main body is tightenable, and wherein the clamp member comprises: a linear slit stretching between both ends of the cylinder; and a pair of fixing pieces provided substantially at a center of the slit in the axial direction of the clamp member and opposing each other across the slit, wherein a tightening stress is dispersed from a center of the clamp member in the axial direction thereof to ends of the clamp member when the outer pipe is clamped in the clamp member by tightening the pair of fixing pieces in a direction toward each other.