JP2007195403A - Brush cutter - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a brush cutter designed to prevent small stones/cut grass, etc., from scattering to the surroundings during brush cutting operation and safely perform the brush cutting operation for the surroundings. <P>SOLUTION: The brush cutter is equipped with brush cutting blades 12 rotating around one vertical axial center L at the tip of a long operation rod 43 and further additionally provided with a scattering preventing means 2 for preventing the scattering of the small stones/cut grass, etc., in a fixed site near the tip 43a of the operation rod 43 by making the brush cutting blades 12 into a surrounding state. The scattering preventing means 2 is provided with a frame member 21 installed in a nearly horizontal state above the brush cutting blades 12 and a plurality of scattering preventing chain members 25 hung over the front end and right and left lateral edges of the peripheral edge part 21a of the frame member 21. Furthermore, a large-diameter opened hole 22 opened in the vertical directions is formed in the frame member 21. A rotating fan 3 integrally rotating with the brush cutting blades 12 for producing an ascending wind for flying the cut grass, etc., through the large-diameter hole 22 upward is installed. Furthermore, a guidance member for guiding the cut grass, etc., to the outside in the radial direction is provided above the rotating fan 3 to guide the cut grass, etc., to the outside in the radial direction. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a brush cutter for cutting garden grass and the like.

Conventionally, a brush blade that rotates about a substantially vertical axis is provided at the tip of the operating rod, and a cover member that covers the rear upper side of the brush blade is provided near the tip of the operating rod. In addition, there is known a brush cutter that prevents the grass and garden pebbles, etc., that the cutter blade rotates and scatters from striking against a cover member and hitting the user (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-9051

  As described above, the cover member surrounds only the rear of the brush blade, and the front and left and right sides of the blade are completely open. May scatter at high speeds forward or to the left and right sides. In this case, in particular, a solid object such as a pebble may be injured if it hits a person in the vicinity, and a case where it hits an automobile or a building may cause a damage.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a brush cutter that can prevent pebbles, grass and the like from being scattered around during the brush cutting operation, and can safely perform the brush cutting operation around the periphery.

  In order to achieve the above object, a brush cutter according to the present invention comprises a brush cutter blade that rotates around a vertical uniaxial center at the tip of a long operation rod, and a fixed portion near the tip of the operation rod. In addition, the above brush cutter blade is enclosed, and scattering prevention means for preventing scattering of pebbles, cut grass and the like is additionally provided.

The scattering prevention means includes a frame member provided substantially horizontally above the brush blade, and a plurality of scattering prevention chain members suspended over the front end and the left and right side edges of the peripheral edge of the frame member. And having.
Further, the frame member has a large-diameter hole having an opening in the vertical direction, and a rotating fan for generating a rising wind that rotates integrally with the brush cutting blade and blows grass and the like upward through the large-diameter hole. And a guiding member for guiding the grass and the like to the outside in the radial direction is provided above the rotating fan.

The present invention has the following remarkable effects.
The brush cutter according to the present invention is provided with a scattering prevention means for preventing the scattering of pebbles, mowing grass, etc. at the fixed part near the tip of the operation rod, so that the pebbles, mowing grass, etc. Even if it is splashed at a high speed by the blade, it is blocked by the scattering prevention means, so it does not scatter in all directions. Therefore, it is possible to avoid a situation in which a solid object such as a pebbles hits a person around and injuries, or hits an automobile, a building, or the like, and can perform safety work.

  Also, pebbles, mowing grass, etc. that are splashed at high speeds can be prevented from splashing around by hitting a large number of hanging anti-scattering chain members. Prevention can be done. Since the chain member is suspended and swings flexibly, even if a solid object such as pebbles collides at high speed, the chain member absorbs the impact and does not rebound greatly, hindering the brush cutting of the brush blade. Can be prevented. In addition, the suspended multiple chain members can move over the irregularities while flexibly swinging the irregularities on the ground surface, so that the grass is not obstructed by the cutting blade.

  Further, during the mowing operation, the rotating fan rotates and a rising wind is generated from the lower side to the upper side of the frame member, so that the mowing grass etc. rises above the frame member and is guided in a shallow dish shape. The member is guided radially outward. Therefore, mowing grass or the like does not accumulate on the ground surface around the cutting blade, and the mowing grass or the like does not entangle with the cutting blade, so that the operation can be performed smoothly.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings illustrating embodiments.
1 to 6 show an embodiment of a brush cutter according to the present invention. This brush cutter is used by carrying the prime mover 42 on the back (see FIG. 1) or hanging the operation rod 43 connected to the prime mover 42 on the shoulder (see FIG. 2) with a shoulder strap. A rotation transmission unit 40 having a rotation driving shaft 4 that rotates around a uniaxial center L in a substantially vertical direction is transmitted to the distal end 43a of the scale operating rod 43. The rotation transmission unit 40 includes a casing member 41 and a rotary drive shaft 4 that is built in the member 41 and projects downward. The rotary drive shaft 4 includes a rotary body 1 with a brush blade 12 and a rotary fan 3. The attached boss member 34 is attached and is rotationally driven by the rotational force of the rotational drive shaft 4. The rotary fan 3 is for generating a rising wind that blows up the grass and the like.
Moreover, the anti-scattering means 2 for preventing the scattering of pebbles, mowing grass and the like is attached to the fixed portion in the vicinity of the tip 43a of the operation rod 43 with the cutting blade 12 surrounded.
Also, on the lower side of the rotating body 1, a saddle-type grounding that is grounded to the ground surface G and is kept constant in height by being freely rotatable about the uniaxial center L (relative to the rotating body 1). A member 7 is provided.

First, the rotation transmission unit 40, the boss member 34, and the rotating body 1 will be described.
The rotation transmitting unit 40 includes an attachment disk 44 having a fitting protrusion 44a projecting downward. The attachment disk 44 is fitted to the rotation drive shaft 4 below the casing member 41. A male screw 4 a is formed on the lower outer peripheral surface of the rotary drive shaft 4 and protrudes downward from the mounting disk 44.
Further, the boss member 34 has a saddle shape including a bottom wall having a hole 34a fitted around the fitting protrusion 44a as a center, and a peripheral wall surface portion 34b standing upright from the outer peripheral edge of the bottom wall, and A plurality of (three in the illustrated example) rotating fans 3... Are integrally formed radially on the outer peripheral surface of the peripheral wall portion 34b. The rotating fan 3 is provided in a direction in which a rising wind is generated when the rotating drive shaft 4 rotates in the direction of rotation (counterclockwise in plan view).
Further, the rotating body 1 is provided with a connecting disk 48 that comes into contact with the bottom wall of the boss member 34 from below and a lower surface 48b of the connecting disk 48 that protrudes downward as an embedded shape (described later). A plurality of cord hooking small pillars 49 abutting on the flange portion 14. The lower surface 48b of the coupling disk 48 abuts on the upper surface of the upper outer flange portion 27 (described later) of the rotary disk member 17. The cord hooking column 49 is hooked by a later-described resin cord 11 that receives centrifugal force due to rotation. The connecting disk 48 includes a fixing disk 45 made of a hard material such as a metal plate, and a plastic outer edge portion 51 made of a plastic whose outer peripheral edge 45b is integrally molded as an embedded shape. . The disk 45 has a central hole 45a into which the fitting protrusion 44a is inserted. Further, a large-diameter hole portion 48a in which a female screw is formed is provided at the center of the plastic outer edge portion 51.

The rotating body 1 includes a rotating disk member 17 that is screwed to the connecting disk 48, and a resin cord 11 that is wound around the rotating disk member 17 and that has one end side 11 a forming the brush blade 12.
Specifically, the rotating disk member 17 includes a cylindrical body 10 having an upper opening shape, and a bearing holding small portion that is integrally disposed and disposed from the lower end edge of the cylindrical body 10 through the inner flange portion 16 to the inside and below. And a cylindrical portion 13. In addition, an upper outer collar part 27 and a lower outer collar part 14 are attached to the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical body part 10 so as to be separated from each other in the vertical direction. An annular hanging wall 15 is integrally attached to the lower surface of the lower outer collar portion 14 with the uniaxial center L as the central axis. The upper outer collar portion 27 is formed to have a smaller outer dimension than the lower outer collar portion 14. On the outer peripheral surface of the upper portion of the cylindrical body portion 10, a male screw 10a that is screwed into the female screw of the large-diameter hole portion 48a of the plastic outer edge portion 51 is formed. In addition, two resin cords 11 and 11 are wound around the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical body portion 10 between the upper and lower outer flange portions 27 and 14. When the rotating body 1 is driven to rotate, the cord 11 extends in the outer diameter direction by centrifugal force and is hooked on the cord catching small column 49, and its one end side 11 a forms the brush cutter blade 12.

The boss member 34 and the connecting disk 48 of the rotating body 1 are externally fitted in order to the fitting protrusion 44a of the mounting disk 44 through holes 34a and 45a. Then, a center hole of a disc-shaped clamping member 46 with a center hole is fitted to the rotation drive shaft 4 from below, and a nut member 47 is screwed onto the male screw 4a of the rotation drive shaft 4 and tightened. As a result, the clamping member 46 and the mounting disk 44 strongly clamp the boss member 34 and the plastic outer edge portion 51.
Further, in a state where the rotating disk member 17 is screwed to the plastic outer edge portion 51, the upper end edge of the cylindrical body portion 10 is in contact with the lower surface of the fixed disk 45 of the connection disk 48. In addition, the outer peripheral surface of the cord catching small column 49 abuts on the outer peripheral edge of the upper outer collar portion 27 and the lower portion abuts on the upper surface of the lower outer collar portion 14. Since it is set in this manner, the shaft center of the rotating disk member 17 is held in a state where it is surely aligned with the one shaft center L of the rotary drive shaft 4, and the shafts do not shake each other during rotation.

  Further, the lower outer flange portion 14 is disposed close to the upper edge portion 19 of the peripheral wall surface portion 9 (described later) of the vertical grounding member 7, and the annular hanging wall 15 is disposed on the peripheral wall surface portion 9. The upper edge portion 19 (part having a predetermined dimension H from the upper end edge) is disposed so as to be surrounded from the outer diameter side. Further, the bearing 5 is fitted into the small cylindrical portion 13 and fixed to the inner peripheral surface 13a. The upper and lower edges of the small cylindrical portion 13 are slightly bent toward the inner diameter side, and the vertical position of the bearing 5 is reliably maintained. In the present invention, a pair of radial ball bearings 5 and 5 are arranged in a vertically stacked manner around the uniaxial center L. The bearing may be configured to be connected to the saddle type grounding member 7 using, for example, a thrust bearing.

Next, the scattering prevention means 2 will be described. The anti-scattering means 2 includes a frame member 21 provided substantially horizontally above the brush cutting blade 12, and a plurality of anti-scattering chain members suspended over the front end and left and right side edges of the peripheral edge portion 21a of the frame member 21. 25.
Specifically, the frame member 21 includes a large-diameter, short-cylindrical suspended plate portion 24 and an inner flange portion 23 formed integrally with the upper end edge of the suspended plate portion 24. The frame member 21 is connected to and supported by the casing member 41 by a plurality of horizontally long gate-shaped support bars 26. That is, one end of the support bar 26 is fixed to the upper surface of the inner flange portion 23 of the frame member 21, and the other end is fixed to the lower portion of the casing member 41. It is provided as a non-rotating shape upward, substantially horizontally, and so that the virtual center point of the frame member 21 passes through the uniaxial center L. In the embodiment, four support rods 26 are arranged substantially radially.

A large number of anti-scattering chain members 25 are suspended from the peripheral edge 21a of the frame member 21, that is, the suspended plate 24. Each chain member 25 is formed by connecting a plurality of metal rings as shown in the figure, for example, and the adjacent chain members 25 and 25 are arranged in contact with each other or with a slight gap. Further, the large-diameter hole 22 formed by the inner peripheral edge of the inner flange portion 23 passes the rising air generated by the rotary fans 3.
The frame member 21 has a rear portion 38 (user side) formed in a straight line in the left-right direction, and the chain member 25 is not provided in the rear portion 38. In addition, by attaching a cover member 50 that prevents pebbles, mowing grass, etc. from scattering to the user side in the vicinity of the tip 43a of the operating rod 43, the pebbles, mowing grass that scatters through the gap in which the chain member 25 is omitted. And the like are prevented by the cover member 50.
The chain members 25 may be suspended from the rear portion 38 of the frame member 21. In this case, the chain members 25 are continuously attached to the frame member 21 in a ring shape (not shown).

  Further, a guide member 31 that guides the grass and the like radially outward is provided above the rotary fan 3. The guide member 31 has a shallow dish shape having an inclined wall surface portion 32 that is tapered downward and a bottom portion that is integrally formed at a lower portion of the wall surface portion 32. The guide member 31 is attached to the upper portion of the support rod 35 erected on the support bar 26, and is disposed in a state of being spaced apart from the frame member 21 at a predetermined interval, so that cut grass and the like can be discharged. A gap is formed.

  Next, the saddle-type grounding member 7 will be described. The saddle-type grounding member 7 includes a saddle-shaped member main body 30 composed of a bottom wall surface portion 8 and a peripheral wall surface portion 9, and a mounting shaft erected at the inner center of the main body 30. And a bolt member 29 that is inserted from below the bottom wall surface portion 8 of the main body 30 and fixes the mounting shaft portion 6. The bottom wall surface 8 has a flat surface 8a orthogonal to the uniaxial center L on the lower surface, and is formed in a concave shape from the lower surface to the upper surface of the central portion, and has a storage recess 20 for storing the head of the bolt member 29. An insertion hole for the bolt member 29 is formed at the center of the storage recess 20. The mounting shaft portion 6 is formed in a cylindrical shape, has an outer flange portion 6a on the outer peripheral surface near the lower end, and has an internal thread formed on the inner peripheral surface. The attachment shaft portion 6 is inserted into the insertion hole of the bottom wall surface portion 8 from above to lock the outer flange portion 6a, and then the bolt member 29 is inserted into the insertion hole and screwed into the female screw of the attachment shaft portion 6. To wear. The mounting shaft portion 6 is inserted into the pair of upper and lower bearings 5 and 5 from below and fixed to the inner rings 5 a and 5 a, whereby the saddle-type grounding member 7 is set on the rotating body 1. The head of the bolt member 29 is accommodated in the storage recess 20 and does not protrude beyond the flat surface 8 a of the bottom wall surface portion 8.

  It should be noted that by forming the saddle member body 30, the turntable member 17, and the casing member 41 from plastic, the tip side of the brush cutter can be reduced in weight and can be easily operated during the brush cutting operation.

Next, with reference to FIG. 1 to FIG. 6, the usage method and operation of the brush cutter of the present invention will be described.
The brush cutter of the present invention is used while the saddle type grounding member 7 is in contact with the ground surface G. Then, the driving force of the prime mover 42 is transmitted to the rotary drive shaft 4 via the operating rod 43, the rotary body 1 with the brush blade 12 is rotated, and the two resin cords 11 and 11 have an outer diameter due to centrifugal force. The boss members 34 with the rotating fans 3... Rotate around the uniaxial center L, and the rotating fans 3 generate ascending wind.
The cutting blade 12 cuts the weeds, and the pebbles, the cut grass and the like are splashed at high speed in the outer diameter direction, but are blocked by the chain members 25 of the scattering prevention means 2. Therefore, it is possible to avoid a situation in which a pebble or the like hits a person in the vicinity and is injured, and a situation in which the object is damaged by hitting a car or a building can be avoided. Further, the flat surface 8a of the bottom wall surface portion 8 of the saddle-type grounding member 7 moves while being in contact with the ground surface G, so that the frame member 21 of the scattering prevention means 2 is maintained in a substantially parallel state with respect to the ground surface G. There is no gap between the ground surface G and the lower ends of the chain members 25 during paying, and there is no risk that pebbles, mowing grass, etc. will jump out to the outside at high speed. Further, the chain members 25 are provided in a suspended shape, and when solid objects such as pebbles collide with the chain members 25 at a high speed, the chain members 25 absorb the impact and the pebbles rebound at a high speed in the inner diameter direction. There is nothing. Therefore, it is possible to prevent pebbles or the like from hitting the rotary body 1 or the rotary fan 3 at high speed and damaging them, and preventing the cutting blade 12 from rotating.

Then, the cut grass and the like finely cut by the brush cutter 12 rise by the rising air generated by the rotary fan 3... And pass through the large-diameter hole 22 of the frame member 21, and reach the lower surface of the inclined wall portion 32 of the guide member 31. It is guided and discharged as shown by arrow 33 (see FIG. 5). As a result, mowing grass or the like does not accumulate on the ground surface G around the mowing blade 12, and the mowing grass or the like does not entangle with the mowing blade 12, so that the work can be performed smoothly. Further, solids such as pebbles fall after colliding with the chain members 25.
Further, the cutting blades 12 and 12 are maintained at a substantially constant height and substantially parallel to the ground surface G, so that even a non-expert can trim the grass to a certain length. It is cut into a beautiful flat surface. And since the brush cutter 12 does not touch the ground unexpectedly, there is no danger of splashing.
Further, since a large number of anti-scattering chain members 25 are provided in a suspended manner on the frame member 21, even if the ground surface G has irregularities or obstacles, it swings flexibly. While passing smoothly through unevenness and obstacles, it does not get in the way of mowing.

The vertical grounding member 7 receives the weight of the rotating body 1 and the rotation transmitting portion 40 via the bearing 5, and the bottom wall surface portion 8 receives frictional force from the ground surface G. The bearing 5 is idled with respect to the rotating body 1. That is, during the trimming work, the saddle-type grounding member 7 is grounded to the ground surface G in a non-rotating state, so that the weight on the tip side of the brush cutter is supported on the ground surface and the work can be easily performed. Even mowing work is possible. In addition, the rotating body 1 does not need to be extremely lightened as in the prior art, and sufficient strength can be provided. Further, since the saddle-type grounding member 7 does not rotate, the frictional force that the saddle-type grounding member 7 receives from the ground surface G is not transmitted to the rotating body 1 and there is no useless fuel consumption, so the rotational efficiency of the rotating body 1 is good.
Further, the mowing grass and the like is blocked by the annular hanging wall 15 as shown by an arrow 28 (see FIG. 6), and is prevented from being caught between the saddle-type grounding member 7 and the rotating disk member 17.

  As described above, the brush cutter according to the present invention includes the brush cutter 12 that rotates about the vertical uniaxial center L at the distal end of the long operation rod 43, and a fixed portion near the distal end 43a of the operation rod 43. In addition, since the cutting blade 12 is enclosed, the scattering prevention means 2 for preventing the scattering of pebbles, mowing grass and the like is provided, so even if the cutting blade 12 splashes the pebbles, cutting grass, etc. at high speed, the scattering prevention means 2 2 surely stops and does not scatter in all directions. Therefore, it is possible to avoid a situation in which a solid object such as pebbles hits a person around and injuries, or hits an automobile, a building, or the like, so that safety work can be performed.

  Further, the scattering preventing means 2 includes a frame member 21 provided substantially horizontally above the cutting blade 12, and a large number of scattering prevention members suspended over the front end and the left and right side edges of the peripheral edge portion 21a of the frame member 21. Since the chain member 25 is provided, the chain member 25 can prevent pebbles, mowing grass, and the like that are scattered at high speed, and can reliably prevent scattering while having a simple configuration. In addition, uneven ground surface G and obstacles can pass smoothly, and do not interfere with the mowing. In addition, the chain member 25 is provided in a suspended shape, and even if a solid object such as a pebble collides with the chain member 25 at a high speed, the chain member 25 absorbs the impact, so that it does not rebound greatly, It is possible to prevent the cutting blade 12 from being obstructed.

  The frame member 21 is formed with a large-diameter hole 22 having an opening in the vertical direction, and rotates integrally with the brush cutting blade 12 so as to fly grass and the like upward through the large-diameter hole 22. 3 and a guide member 31 that guides the grass and the like radially outward is provided above the rotary fan 3, so that the rotary fan 3 rotates during the mowing operation and the frame member Ascending wind is generated from below 21 to above. Therefore, since the mowing grass rises through the large-diameter hole 22 of the frame member 21 due to the rising wind and is guided radially outward by the guide member 31, the mowing grass or the like is ground around the cutting blade 12. Since it does not accumulate on the surface G and does not get entangled with the cutting blade 12, the work can be performed smoothly.

It is a perspective view for use condition explanation which shows one embodiment of a brush cutter concerning the present invention. It is a perspective view for use condition explanation. It is a principal part perspective view. It is a principal part top view. It is a principal part side view. It is a principal part expanded side view.

Explanation of symbols

2 scattering prevention means 3 rotating fan
12 Mowing blade
21 Frame member
21a Perimeter
22 Large diameter hole
25 Chain members
31 Guide member
43 Operation
43a Tip L axis

Claims (3)

In a brush cutter provided with a cutting blade (12) rotating around a vertical uniaxial center (L) at the tip of a long operating rod (43),
The anti-scattering means (2) for preventing the scattering of pebbles, mowing grass, etc., was attached to the fixed part near the tip (43a) of the operating rod (43), surrounding the brush blade (12). Characteristic brush cutter.   The scattering prevention means (2) includes a frame member (21) provided substantially horizontally above the brush blade (12), and a front end and a left and right side of a peripheral edge portion (21a) of the frame member (21). The brush cutter according to claim 1, further comprising a plurality of anti-scattering chain members (25) suspended over the edge. The frame member (21) is formed with a large-diameter hole (22) having an opening in the vertical direction,
And a rotating fan for ascending wind generation (3) that rotates integrally with the brush cutter blade (12) and blows the grass and the like upward through the large-diameter hole (22). The brush cutter according to claim 2, further comprising a guide member (31) that guides the grass and the like radially outwardly above 3).

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