Abstract: A cutter head for a trimmer and adapted to be rotatingly driven about an axis of rotation. The cutter head has at least one cutting filament, whereby with reference to the axis of rotation the cutting filament has a radially outer cutting portion and a clamping portion disposed between the cutting portion and a retention end. The cutter head has an approximately U-shaped receiving passage that includes a first leg, a second leg, and a clamping section disposed between the legs. The retention end of the cutting filament is adapted to be guided through the first leg, and the cutting portion is adapted to be guided through the second leg. The clamping section of the receiving passage has a wedge shape that tapers toward the retention end of the cutting filament and is adapted to effect securement of the clamping portion in the clamping section.

Abstract: A hand-guided working tool has a housing and an internal combustion engine arranged in the housing. The internal combustion engine has a cylinder, a crankshaft, and a crankcase enclosing the crankshaft. An air filter box including an air filter element is connected to the internal combustion engine. A tool is driven by the crankshaft. The housing has a blower chamber with a cooling air inlet, at least one combustion air inlet, and a combustion air outlet. A combustion air channel connects the combustion air outlet to the air filter box. A blower, driven by the crank shaft and arranged in the blower chamber, is provided for taking in cooling air through the cooling air inlet and supplying the cooling air to the internal combustion engine and for taking in combustion air through the at least one combustion air inlet and guiding the combustion air through the combustion air outlet, the combustion air channel, and the air filter box to the internal combustion engine.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a centrifugal clutch having centrifugal weights wherein each weight has an arc-shaped clutch shoe and is pivotally mounted with a lever foot on a carrier disc on the drive end of the clutch. After reaching a specific rpm, the clutch shoes are pressed under the action of centrifugal force against the inner wall surface of a clutch drum for providing friction-tight torque transmission. The clutch drum surrounds the clutch shoes. The centrifugal clutch includes a carrier disc on which the centrifugal weights are pivotally mounted. A cover disc is held axially tight at the sides of the centrifugal weights which lie opposite the carrier disc. This cover disc radially covers the clutch shoes so that axial guide play is provided. In this way, wear of the clutch weights caused by operation is reduced especially in the bearing regions of the centrifugal weights.

Abstract: The invention relates to a cutterhead for vegetation cutter apparatus and has as its object to configure the cutterhead so that the cutterhead as a unit can be built so as to be overall constructively small and reduce wear. The cutterhead controls the spool having the filament with the aid of a latching lever. To achieve an overall construction which is small and subjected to less wear, the invention provides at least one pivot lug fixedly mounted on the housing having its latching lever arranged in an annular space lying concentric to the rotational axis between the hub of the cutterhead and the switching cams corresponding to the filament spool. These switching cams lie in the outer radial region of the spool.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a cutterhead for attachment to a vegetation cutting apparatus. The cutterhead has a housing with a spool on which a coil of cutting filament is wound. The cutting filament is paid out in incremental lengths when its ends effective for cutting are worn. This is achieved with an incremental rotation of the spool while the cutterhead rotates. For this purpose, the filament coil must have a winding rotation corresponding to the direction of rotation of the cutterhead. So that the cutterhead can be utilized for oppositely directed rotations as desired, the spool can be turned over through 180.degree. and can be blocked and released in both positions by means of a switching member to provide the incremental rotation. The spool can be seated on the switching member and its position, when installed, is determined by means of a marking which is applied to the adapter nut and to the spool. The adapter nut serves to tighten the cutterhead onto the vegetation cutting apparatus.

Abstract: The cutterhead includes a cutting filament wound on a spool and this cutting filament is adjusted with respect to its effective cutting length in dependence upon the rotational speed of the cutterhead. The switching point for the automatic feed must be precisely matched to the drive speed in order that the desired effective cutting length is maintained. In order to assure the desired effective cutting length, a spring is provided which is adjustable with respect to its biasing force by means of an easily accessible adjusting member. This biasing force is matched to the speed-dependent centrifugal force such that the spool is released at a predetermined speed of the cutterhead.