Abstract: The invention is directed to a portable handheld work apparatus having a motor driven work tool. The work apparatus includes a housing, a handle mounted on the housing for holding and guiding the work apparatus and a safety member having an attachment portion and a lug portion for receiving and accommodating a safety rope therethrough to facilitate holding the work apparatus. The attachment portion and the lug portion conjointly define a single piece. The attachment portion is held on the housing so as to permit the lug portion to move between a rest position wherein the lug portion is at least partially in contact engagement with the housing and an in-use position wherein the lug portion is displaced away from the housing.

Abstract: The invention relates to an antivibration device between a motor unit 2 and a handle unit 9 of a portable handheld motor-driven chain saw 1. The antivibration device includes a sleeve-shaped elastic base body 6 having one of its ends 36 in a receptacle 20 of the motor unit 2 and the other end 46 in a receptacle 90 of the handle unit 9. The ends (36, 46) of the base body are fixed in the receptacles (20, 90) by axially engaging plugs (31, 41) in the end sections (30, 40). The guiding characteristics of the motor-driven chain saw are not affected by base bodies which become damaged or soft. This is so because at least one of the stops 31 has a coupling member 50 which bridges an axial spacing (z) between the plugs (31, 41) and projects into the other plug 41 and is latched so that it cannot be axially separated therefrom. A mechanical connection remains between the handle unit and the motor unit when the base body tears off.

Abstract: A portable working tool such as a motor chainsaw has a housing and an internal combustion engine with a carburetor contained in the housing. A throttle valve is connected to the carburetor. A choke flap is connected to the carburetor upstream of the throttle valve in the flow direction of the combustion air into the carburetor. An operating member is connected to the choke flap. A choke flange is connected to the carburetor at a side of the carburetor at which the choke flap is arranged. A suction member for the combustion air is connected to the choke flange. The choke flange has a receiving element for the operating member. A lever is fixedly connected to the choke flange. The operating member has a first end extending through the housing to the exterior and a second end engaging the lever. An actuating button is connected to the first end.