Arrangement for fastening a cutting head; portable work appliance having an arrangement for fastening a cutting head

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11006575-B2
Application number	US-201916396270-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 26, 2019
Priority date	Apr 27, 2018
Publication date	May 18, 2021
Grant date	May 18, 2021

Abstract

An arrangement includes an output shaft, a cutting head, at least one cutting tool arranged on the cutting head, and a hood. The cutting head is mounted on the output shaft by a screw element held in a rotationally fixed manner on the cutting head. The hood is held on the output shaft in a rotationally fixed manner, and has ribs in the inner region, and a first grip region in the outer region.

First claim

I claim:

1. An arrangement comprising: an output shaft; a cutting head; at least one cutting tool arranged on the cutting head; a screw element held in a rotationally fixed manner on the cutting head, wherein the screw element is adapted to be held on the cutting head even in a state of the cutting head that is released from the output shaft, wherein the cutting head is mounted on the output shaft by the screw element; and a hood, the cutting head and the hood, during operation, being driven in rotation about a rotation axis, the hood being divided in a radial direction starting from the rotation axis into an inner region and an outer region that adjoins the inner region, wherein the inner region has a width, measured radially in relation to the rotation axis, corresponding to at least 3 times a width of the outer region, measured radially in relation to the rotation axis, wherein the hood is formed separately from the cutting head, wherein the hood is held directly on the output shaft in a rotationally fixed manner, wherein the output shaft is configured to hold the hood even when the cutting head is dismantled, and wherein the hood has ribs in the inner region and a first grip surface in the outer region.

2. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the hood has a pot shape.

3. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the hood has an inner side that delimits an interior space, the cutting head being accommodated, at least partly, in the interior space.

4. The arrangement according to claim 3 , wherein the hood has an outer side opposite the inner side, wherein the ribs are only on the outer side of the hood.

5. The arrangement according to claim 3 , wherein the hood has a bearing contact surface on the inner side, wherein the bearing contact surface is configured and arranged to tension the hood on the output shaft.

6. The arrangement according to claim 5 , wherein the cutting head is in a full surface contact with the bearing contact surface of the hood.

7. The arrangement according to claim 5 , wherein the hood has a length, measured in a direction of the rotation axis, and the bearing contact surface is arranged approximately at half of the length of the hood.

8. The arrangement according to claim 3 , wherein the inner side of the hood and the cutting head contact each other in a sealing manner at a sealing surface on the inner side of the hood.

9. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the hood is a fan wheel.

10. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the hood comprises a hub arranged in a rotationally fixed manner on the hood, wherein the hub provides a positive-engagement connection between the hood and the output shaft.

11. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the first grip surface overlaps the cutting head in a direction of the rotation axis.

12. The arrangement according to claim 11 , wherein the first grip surface overlaps the cutting head with an entire length of the first grip surface.

13. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the hood, along the first grip surface, has clearance in relation to the cutting head, in the radial direction starting from the rotation axis.

14. The arrangement according to claim 1 , further comprising a second grip surface on the cutting head, wherein the first grip surface of the hood and the second grip surface on the cutting head are freely accessible.

15. A portable work appliance comprising: a front housing; and an arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the outer region of the hood projects out of the front housing.

16. The work appliance according to claim 15 , the front housing projects over the ribs of the hood in a direction of the rotation axis.

17. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the cutting head has a maximum outer diameter, wherein the first grip surface of the hood is at a distance from the rotational axis of the cutting head, wherein the distance corresponds to at least 30% of the maximum outer diameter of the cutting head.

18. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the hood has a maximum diameter that is at most 120% of a maximum diameter of the cutting head.

Assignees

• Stihl Ag & Co Kg Andreas

Inventors

• Rethaber Achim

Classifications

• A01D34/82

  Other details · CPC title

• A01D34/4165 Primary

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• A01D34/78

  electric · CPC title

• A01D34/416

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• A01D34/733

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