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: A hub and tine assembly for a rotary debris remover is provided which comprises a hub which is rotatable about a shaft and a plurality of tine members which are arranged symmetrically around the rotation axis of the hub. The tine members are pivotally connected to the hub at locations which follow a circular rotation path around the rotation axis of the hub when the hub is rotated. Each tine member has at least one tine which projects from the hub. The tine member has a centre of gravity which is located so that the tine is offset from the radial direction when the hub is rotated and displaced in a direction which corresponds with the direction of rotation so that the tine can effect a "punching" effect on debris in its path.

Abstract: A holder for a monofilament line used in a vegetation cutter, such as a grass trimmer or lawnmower, is divided into four quadrants and has a series of clips between each quadrant through which the monofilament line is woven for being held on the holder. The periphery of each quadrant is an arc slightly off center from the radial center of the holder, thereby creating a protrusion on the direction of rotation side of the clip area. This protrusion maintains hard objects, such as stones, away from the holder periphery on the other side of the clip area, thereby preventing the hard object from shearing off the monofilament line. In order to reduce the weight of the holder, recesses are formed on both sides thereof and the ground facing side recesses are angled to avoid the entrapment of grass in the holder. When the holder is used with an impeller type hovering lawnmower, the diameter thereof is made substantially the same as the diameter of the impeller to act as a shield for the impeller against abrasion.

Abstract: A machine for cutting vegetable material, such as a mowing or chopping machine, comprises at least one rotatable tool carrier and tools pivotally mounted on said tool carrier by pins which are parallel to the axis of rotation of the tool carrier. In order to provide a machine which has a robust structure and facilitates the mounting and removal of the tools, each pin carries at least one tool and at opposite ends is movably mounted in two slots, which extend radially with respect to the axis of the rotation of the tool carrier and are formed either in two opposite disks, which constitute the tool carrier, or in lugs, which are secured to and radially protrude from the body of the tool carrier. Each slot has a radially outer portion provided on the outside with a cover for preventing an axial displacement of the associated pin.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an apparatus for cutting grass or vegetation and the like, which includes a rotary cutting member. The rotary cutting member includes a hub and a plurality of arms extending therefrom. Each arm includes a line holder for receiving a flexible cutting filament. The flexible cutting filament includes first and second cutting elements, and is positioned such that first element is positioned above and laterally offset from the second element. Each arm is shaped so as to form an air-foil. The air-foil creates a low pressure area above the blade which facilitates lifting the grass upward in the direction of the lawnmower blade.

Abstract: A wheel mounted string trimmer having a wheel support with a pair of wheels mounted on opposite sides thereof and handle bars extending rearwardly from the support. An elongated tube housing a drive shaft, is adjustably fastened to the wheel support to extend forwardly to a string trimmer head which is coupled to the drive shaft by a gear transmission whose housing is rotatably mounted on the front end of the tube. The trimmer head has a shield fixed to the transmission housing to be adjustable therewith about the tube housing. A yoke bracket is fixed to the shield while being mounted about the tube housing to be adjustable about the axis of the latter to orient the shield and head in the desired position for trimming. A gasoline engine, mounted to the rear of the tube housing, drives the head through the drive shaft and transmission.

Abstract: A cutting device is provided to replace a conventional lawnmower blade which offers improved safety, outstanding grass cutting ability, improved grass bagging suction, and a reduction in the strain on the engine. The device includes an elongated, downwardly curved rigid thermoplastic member having an upstanding airfoil at each distal end. Several elongated flexible tines extend outwardly away and downwardly from the member. The tips of these tines operate to effectively cut the grass while flexing for safety if an object is encountered, such as a rock or toe. The airfoils increase the suction within the mowing cavity to increase the grass bagging efficiency. The downwardly curved configuration presents the tips of the tines for grass cutting while reducing or eliminating the drag of the member on the grass.

Abstract: The weed cutter is of the rotary type in which a filament supply is wound on a spool located in a cylindrical housing driven in rotation and from which issues an adjusted filament length, which is held taut by centrifugal force and cuts the weed, while rotating. A skirt is fixed to the support and overlies the inner portion of the rotating filament. The skirt has an oval shape to enable safe cutting action of the cutter while being swung in both directions by the operator. Another device includes a stationary cutter blade mounted at the junction area. The cutter blade could be fixed within the skirt. The skirt is also applicable to a weed cutter in which the filament is replaced by cutting blades.

Abstract: The blade assembly comprises a circular rotor body with an axial bore for attachment to a motor shaft of a lawn mower and a plurality of spaced cutting elements are attachable adjacent the rim of the body. The rotor body has a plurality of radially elongated passageways near the rim wherein cutting elements, formed as hook members, are positioned. The cutting elements have a radially extending leg for cutting grass and are generally pivotable when so mounted. The passageways are formed with respect to the dimensions of the cutting element to allow limited movement in the vertical direction. Another plurality of passageways are circular in shape and are formed very close to the rotary body rim to allow for greater vertical movement of the cutting elements installed therein to enhance its passage over uncuttable obstacles encountered in operation and thereby reduce the damage done to the cutting element.

Abstract: A lightweight, 2-wheeled support for a line trimmer that allows the trimmer to be used as a wheeled lawnmower and a wheeled edger and that is adjustable for use with substantially all line trimmers.

Abstract: A cutting line head assembly in a rotary cutter having an engine unit, and a power head having drive shaft rotatively driven by the engine unit for rotating the assembly. A housing of the assembly is connectible to the engine unit and rotatable in a cutting plane. A reel is engageable with the housing, and has a reel portion, and a peripheral wall portion separately connected to the reel portion and having at least one aperture. At least one flexible cutting line is wound on the reel portion and has a free end portion extending outwardly of the housing through the at least one aperture. A cover covers the reel in a fashion holding the reel between the housing and the cover. A coupling device couples the cover to the housing in a fashion clamping the reel securely to the housing. Urging protuberances are provided on the covering for urging the reel portion to forcibly separate the reel portion from the peripheral wall portion when the covering is coupled to the housing.

Abstract: A power handheld cultivating device has a protective tube for a motor drive shaft and a working implement mountable at the end of the protective tube. A miter-like gear is connectible to the end of the drive shaft and has an output shaft carrying a gear wheel which cooperates with a toothed gear rigid with a drive shaft for the working implement. The implement is mounted on a carrier which is laterally surrounded by an impact body and passages open to the outside may be provided between the impact body and the carrier.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an improved apparatus, for trimming lawns and the like, comprising a housing having a rear ground engaging means, a cutting means extending beyond the front and substantially the left and right sides of the housing for permitting trimming of vegetation growing close to an obstruction, a skirt for preventing debris from being propelled rearwardly by the cutting means, and a removable front ground engaging means.

Abstract: A mulching bar for a turf maintenance machine having a rotating flail reel includes an elongate body substantially triangular in cross section including a base, an upright portion and an inclined portion having lower and upper edge margins, the lower edge margin forming a blade edge with the base, the upper edge margin having a lip projecting beyond the upright portion, the mulching bar adapted to intercept cut or processed particles generated or collected by the rotating reel of the machine and to direct those particles into the reel for more complete comminution and eventual deposition upon the turf.

Abstract: A rotary cutting member for use with lawn mowers and the like includes a continuous rim having at least three stepped openings at different elevations relative to the ground for securing at least three flexible cutting filaments to the rim, thereby providing at least three cutting planes when the rotary member is rotating.

Abstract: A mower has features that allow it to mow directly over a flexible marker shaft without damage to the shaft. The mower has front and rear rollers mounted directly in front and behind each blade. These rollers engage the ground in rolling contact and support the housing. The rollers are spaced together a distance less than the height of the marker. The front roller contacts the marker and causes it to bend over. Before the front roller leaves the marker, the rear roller will be in contact with the marker to keep it in a prone position until the mower passes from the marker.

Abstract: A hand-held machine such as a cleaver or cutter having an engine as the driving source and wherein the drive shaft pipe is formed by telescopically extendable pipe members provided with a fixing means for fixing the pipe members relative to each other. The rotational force of the engine is transmitted to the cutter member via a first drive shaft having a circular section, at least one-way clutch and a second drive shaft on the side of the cutter member, to thereby minimize the size of the device for convenient transportation/storage, to improve the work efficiency, and to secure the safety of the operator.

Abstract: A grass trimming device is capable of adopting at least two alternative configurations, in one of which a cutting plane is substantially horizontal for use in grass trimming, and in the other of which the cutting plane is substantially vertical for edge trimming. A parting plane is defined by a housing of the cutting head such that rotation about an axis perpendicular to this plane through 180.degree. results in the required switching. The shaft axis is preferably inclined at 10.degree.-15.degree. with respect to the rotational axis.

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: A head for a grass trimmer and the structure thereof and in which flexible filaments of a predetermined or required length are payed out by repetitive release and connection of a drive shaft and a spool having the flexible filaments wound thereon and which is to easy to mount and remove and which structure makes it convenient to handle the flexible filaments.

Abstract: A wheeled attachment for a grass trimmer includes a mounting bar having a wheel at each end, detachably mountable to the grass trimmer to provide easy control and easy support for the grass trimmer. The detachable bar may be securable by a nut and bolt combination either to a housing or protective cover mounted on the grass cutting head immediately above the grass cutting element, or to an adjustable bar component which is detachably securable to the elongated shaft of the grass trimmer. For easy mounting upon the housing of a grass trimmer, the detachable bar includes adjustment slots for the nut and bolt fasteners so that the fasteners may be easily and quickly adjusted to the size of the housing component. For easy mounting upon the elongated shaft of the grass trimmer, the adjustable bar component includes two or more vertically extending bar members which are adjustably attachable to permit forward or rearward adjustment of the wheeled attachment.

Abstract: A grass trimmer includes a structural support frame, a single ground engaging wheel connected to the frame, a rotary trimmer positioned to rotate around the wheel, a motor mechanism to drive the trimmer mechanism and a user handle attached to the frame. The single wheel and location of the wheel relative to the trimmer mechanism allows the operator to very accurately guide the apparatus and to adjust the cutting height of the trimmer quickly and easily to the terrain by tilting of the apparatus about the wheel to one side or the other or from front to back by rotation about the axis of the wheel.

Abstract: A line for a rotating trimmer, the line having a plurality of sharp edges extending longitudinally thereof and spaced circumferentially from each other, with remainder portions, between adjacent edges, depressed, each of the depressions being depressed at least 10 percent of the straight line distance between two adjacent edges on opposite sides thereof. Such line presents only sharpened edges to the material to be cut.

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.

Abstract: A brushcutter has a guide wand with a drive head rotatably mounted thereon. A motor rotatably drives the drive head and a cutting head for cutting vegetation is mounted on the drive head and defines a rotational plane. A protective arrangement partially overlaps the cutting tool in the region of the rotational plane and has a downwardly extending wall. A detachable skirt extends from the wall downwardly so as to terminate at an elevation beneath the rotational plane and deflects stones and other hard objects caught by the cutting tool thereby protecting an operator of the brushcutter against injury.

Abstract: A method for cultivating plantable soils, more particularly forest soils, by breaking-up and working-in plants and parts of plants lying upon the soil, for example leaves, needles, twigs and branches. To this end, a plurality of elements, flexible in all directions, tautened by centrifugal force, and secured to a shaft, are caused to rotate by the said shaft, the radius of rotation of the ends of the said elements being greater than the selected distance between the axis of rotation of the shaft and the surface of the ground. In order to be able to mechanically cultivate larger areas of substantially uneven and non-homogeneous forest soils, the horizontal axis of rotation of the shaft is also subjected to an oscillating pivoting motion about a vertical axis, the axis of rotation of the shaft being kept substantially radial to the pivot-axis and being moved in a circle which is parallel to the surface of the ground.

Abstract: Improved guard and blade assemblies for a rotary cutting machine; wherein the guard has a full rear skirt, and an apertured front skirt of three designs of guard element mounted in cantilever; and wherein the cutter blade is of the swivel type but with retention means for the cutter blade designed to warn the operator of swivel blade pivot failure and with the blade being replacable without need to disassemble the cutter head; the cutter blade has apertures for adjustable weighting of the swivel blade to provide a variable moment arm; an improved design of replacable blade tip is also proposed for propeller-type and swivel-type blades.

Abstract: A string trimmer which can be operated with one hand is disclosed. A drive motor is disposed at an upper end of the string trimmer and is connected to a string trimmer head through a flexible drive system disposed in a tubular housing between a motor housing and a trimmer head or spindle housing. A handle is provided which extends forwardly and slightly inclined downwardly from the motor housing and is suitably elongated and positioned so as to allow users of different heights to conveniently hold and operate the trimmer, usually with one hand. A detachable assist handle can be pivotally attached to the handle/motor housing structure to facilitate lifting and guiding the string trimmer.

Abstract: Cutting attachment for a cutting device having first and second mating body sections forming a rigid body. The first body section has a generally vertical side wall portion, a downwardly and inwardly inclined bottom wall portion, an upwardly inwardly extending wall portion adjoining said bottom wall portion. The second body section has a generally vertical side wall portion, an inwardly extending and generally horizontal portion adjoining said generally vertical portion and an upwardly and inwardly inclined portion adjoining said horizontal portion. The first and second body sections are interconnected to form a rigid body and to cause said upwardly and inwardly extending portion of said first body section and said upwardly and inwardly inclined portion of said second body section to adjoin each other to provide a relatively smooth inner surface in the form of a truncated cone. A connector is carried by the upwardly and inwardly inclined portion adapted to be coupled to the cutting device.

Abstract: An apparatus that can be readily converted from a lawnmower to a trimmer including a housing, an engine mounted thereon, a plurality of wheels rotatably mounted to the housing, a handle secured to the housing and a control linkage system. The housing includes a main body portion and an adjustable segment. The adjustable segment is pivotally connected to the main body of the housing. The adjustable segment is further spring biased in a first position wherein the apparatus is in the traditional lawnmower mode. The control linkage system is operably associated with the adjustable segment so that upon depression of a control lever the adjustable segment pivots upwardly and exposes a portion of the blade. The exposed portion of the blade extends several inches outwardly from the outermost portion of the apparatus. Therefore, the apparatus is able to effectively trim grass from around obstacles such as trees, fences, and posts.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided for removing weed growth from an irrigation ditch of generally V-shaped contour. The apparatus is caused to ride within the ditch while being towed by a vehicle. The apparatus has two motor-driven mowing axles adapted to be adjustably disposed upon the opposite walls of the ditch. Each axle has a multitude of flail-type cutting blades. The axles are preferably rotated in opposite directions. A protective shroud is disposed above each axle.

Abstract: A cutter-trimmer comprising a drivingly rotatable cutter disposed at the front end of the body thereof, a guide handle disposed at the rear end of the body, a wheel member disposed in the vicinity of the cutter and reversibly rotatable about a horizontal axis for supporting the body thereon, and a cutter driving engine and a wheel member driving electric motor provided at a longitudinally intermediate portion of the body toward its front end. The device is adapted to perform a cutting operation while traveling forward, rearward or sideways by shifting the wheel member to a forward position or to a lateral position about a vertical axis and holding the wheel member in the shifted position.

Abstract: A gasoline engine driven flexible line trimmer is provided with a modularly constructed power head section which significantly facilitates the original manufacturing assembly, and subsequent service disassembly, of the power head. In a clutch drive embodiment thereof, the power head has four readily separable modules--an engine module comprising a main engine shroud to which the engine is internally secured; a fan housing module; a starter module comprising a starter housing and a recoil starter mechanism retained therein; and a coupling module comprising a clutch housing carrying therein structure for operatively interconnecting the engine's clutch to the flexible drive shaft disposed within the trimmer shaft. In a direct drive version thereof, the power head has two separable modules--the engine module and a combined fan housing, starter and coupling module defined by a single housing within which the starter and coupling structure is carried.

Abstract: A blower attachment comprising a band for slipping over and snugly engaging for rotation therewith a filament line spool of a conventional filament line trimmer. The band is provided with at least a pair of blades extending outwardly thereof.

Abstract: A grass cutting assembly for a rotary lawn mower having flexible resilient blades replaceably mounted on a rotor disc. Each elongated blade has an elongated inner end portion and a flat outer cutting portion which is twisted at 90.degree. to a flat mid portion. The lower surface of the rotary disc has a radial blade insertion groove which leads to a blade receiving opening which extends radially through each thicker blade holder portion which projects downwardly along the outer periphery of the disc. Each blade receiving opening has a vertically oriented narrow cylindrical portion adjacent the inner face whereby the blade rotates 90.degree. as it is inserted outwardly to a cutting position wherein the enlarged inner end abuts against the inner face of the blade holder portion, and mid portion is held in a vertical orientation and the outer cutting portion which projects beyond the outer periphery of the disc is held in a horizontal orientation.

Abstract: A vibration-damping control handle connectble to the shaft portion of a portable power tool, such as a flexible line trimmer or the like, has an elongated, generally tubular vibration isolation section which coaxially circumscribes the shaft. A first end portion of the vibration isolation section is clmaped to the shaft so that the balance of the section is cantilevered relative to the shaft and defines therewith an annular clearance space. The inner end of a handgrip connecting section is secured to a second end portion of the vibration isolation section, the connecting section projecting laterally outwardly from the vibration isolation section and having an operator handgrip secured to its outer end. During operation of the tool, transverse shaft vibration is absorbed by the vibration isolation section to thereby isolate the handgrip from a substantial portion of such vibration.

Abstract: The cutting head assembly of a motor-driven flexible line trimmer has a line feed mechanism which includes a housing member connected to and driven by a drive shaft from the prime mover and having a centrally located cylindrical wall for receiving a compression spring. A locking plate and cup member is reciprocably disposed around the cylindrical wall and compresses the spring substantially to its normal running position where it is held in position relative to the housing member by suitable retention structure. A spool is disposed around the cup portion of the locking plate and cup member and unless restrained, is free to rotate relative to the housing member to pay out line through an aperture in the housing member. A cover ring member has a central opening which is coupled to the housing member and holds a ground engaging button member against the lower end of the cup member.

Abstract: A mobile lawn mower is designed multi-part in that the four-wheel carriage housing is provided with a center opening for lockable accommodation of a self-acting so-called grass trimmer, such design permitting operation of the lawn mower as such or the use of the grass trimmer by itself.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an apparatus for cutting grass and the like comprising a rotary cutting member. The rotary cutting member includes a hub and a plurality of arms extending therefrom. Each of the arms includes a line holder for receiving a flexible cutting filament. The flexible cutting filaments include first and second cutting elements. The flexible cutting filaments are prestressed so that the first cutting element intersects the second cutting element thereby forming a substantially V-shaped flexible cutting filament. Each of the arms includes an air foil positioned remote from the hub. The air foil creates a low pressure area above the blade which will facilitate lifting the grass upward in the direction of the lawnmover blade.

Abstract: A cutting head for a cord type mower which severs grass and weeds with cords unwound from a cord spool provided within a bowl-shaped rotary casing and radially projected from the rotary casing by rotating the rotary casing at a high rotating speed. A speed change control mechanism is provided within the rotary casing to control the rotating speed of the rotary casing so as to vary it according to the length of the projecting portions of the cords. When the cords wear and shorten, the moment of inertia of the cutting head decreases; consequently the rotating speed of the rotary casing increases and thereby the cords are fed out automatically by the increased centrifugal force acting on the cords. Then, the engaging members members engaging the speed change control plate are moved radially outward by the centrifugal force to reduce the rotating speed of the rotary casing. Thus, the cords are always projected by a predetermined length from the rotary casing for stable mowing operation.

Abstract: A rotary tilling device has a cutting device having a plurality of cutters each of which is rotatably mounted on a supporting member. The cutter has a vertical portion and a lateral portion at an end of the vertical portion and has edges on both sides of the vertical and lateral portions. The cutter is held by a stopper in a tilling position when rotated in a tilling direction, and is released in a grass cutting position when rotated in the opposite direction.

Abstract: A manually portable rotary debris remover, particularly adapted for clearing tree planting sites, has a remotely mounted, power driven, rotating hub on an extended support, such as a chain saw blade. The rotationally driven hub has a plurality of pairs of coiled tine members, each pair radiating out from a respective tine shaft mounted in the hub equidistantly from the hub axis. The tine shafts are each inclined from 3 to 10 degrees from perpendicular to the plane of rotation of the hub, so that, in rotating, the tines of each pair do not simultaneously strike objects in the path of rotation of the tines when clearing debris.

Abstract: An improvement is provided in a motor drive rotary herbage trimmer whereby a spool that carries a supply of a flexible cord is easily inserted into the trimmer or removed therefrom. The improvement involves a receptacle mounted to the drive shaft of the motor and adapted to hold the spool, a closure member adapted to seal the open bottom of the receptacle, coupling devices which cause the closure member to interlock with the receptacle by turning movement, and a holding bar which can be used to hold the receptacle motionless while the closure member is turned.

Abstract: A flexible line trimmer for cutting vegetation can be converted to a blade cutting device. The trimmer has a motor driven rotatable head with a cavity defined by a wall of the head. The cavity receives a spool wrapped with line. The line has a free end extending through an aperture in the wall of the head. Drive lugs located in the cavity couple the spool to the drive head for rotation. The blade carrier replaces the spool and line. The blade carrier has a central portion that locates within the cavity while the spool is removed. The central portion has at least one drive member that is positioned to engage the drive lugs to rotate the blade carrier with the head. A plurality of blades are mounted to the periphery of the carrier. The carrier is fastened to the head.

Abstract: A cord line mower is provided and consists of the combination of a regular rotary mower with a cord line trimmer apparatus. A mechanism is included that can release extra cord line, as needed when the mower is in operation.

Abstract: A rotary line trimmer having a rotary head from which a cutting line is fed from a drive head in response to the axial shifting of a flexible drive shaft. The drive shaft rotatingly drives the head to exert a cutting action, and additionally can cause an incremental motion within the head itself whereby to feed the line from the head.

Abstract: A bearing assembly is disclosed which is useful in mounting the cutter head of a lawn trimming implement to the tubular casing extending forward and downward from the power head. A flexible shaft housed within the tubular casing conveys rotary motion from the power head to the bearing assembly which comprises a short tubular bearing housing within which is a pair of spaced apart bearings. A central bore through the bearings is sized to accept the first end of a drive connector shaft. Within the tubular bearing housing and between the bearings is a lubricant holding annular felt ring. Adjacent the first end of the drive connector shaft is an annular slot which allows the shaft to be secured in the tubular bearing housing by a C-clip keeper. The midsection of the tubular bearing housing has an enlarged diameter as compared to the end sections which contain the bearings.

Abstract: A rotary tiling device has a cutting device having a plurality of cutters each of which is mounted on a supporting member at a base end thereof in such a manner that the cutter is rotatable about a first center. The cutter has a vertical portion and a lateral portion at an end of the vertical portion and has edges on both sides of the vertical and lateral portions. The base end has an arcuated periphery about a second center. The first center is offset from the second center, so that in grass cutting operation, the arcuated periphery is positioned in a position which is further outward than its position in the soil cutting operation.

Abstract: A brushcutter has a supporting tube having a first end and a second end with a drive motor arranged at the first end and a cutterhead mounted on the second end. A handle is mounted on the supporting tube for manipulating the brushcutter. The handle has a tubular-shaped handle portion which can be attached to the supporting tube without first disassembling the latter from the motor or the cutterhead. This is achieved configuring the tubular-shaped handle portion to be made of two clamshells which conjointly define a partition plane in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the supporting tube. One of the clamshells holds all control components and is directly mounted on the supporting tube by means of a pipe clamp. The other clamshell is laterally attached to the first clamshell.

Abstract: A mowing apparatus including a casing containing a cord and operative to rotate while an end portion of the cord is drawn out therefrom. The casing is formed with a cord outlet opening in the form of a slot having a major axis oriented in the direction of rotation of the casing.