Patent ID: 8826546

Claim:
A cutting assembly for a portable hand-held power-driven working tool, the cutting assembly comprising a first elongate cutting blade, and a second elongate cutting blade, wherein the cutting blades are arranged to be mounted such that an interior surface of the first cutting blade faces towards and abuts on an interior surface of the second cutting blade, wherein at least one of the cutting blades has a recess extending in a portion of the interior surface such that a gap appears between the interior surfaces of the first and second cutting blades when they are mounted in a face-to-face relationship, wherein the cutting blades are arranged to move in a reciprocal manner in relation to each other along a longitudinal axis of the cutting blades, wherein a length of the gap in the axial direction of the cutting assembly, is at least equal to a length of a reciprocating stroke of the cutting assembly, and wherein the recess extends in a transverse direction over an entirety of a width of a portion of the at least one of the cutting blades corresponding to the recess, such that the width of the portion of the at least one of the cutting blades corresponding to the recess extends from one end edge side of the at least one of the cutting blades to an opposite end edge side of the at least one of the cutting blades.