Grass trimmer and control method for grass trimmer

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11937537-B2
Application number	US-202016845465-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 10, 2020
Priority date	Oct 20, 2017
Publication date	Mar 26, 2024
Grant date	Mar 26, 2024

Abstract

A grass trimmer includes an operating device configured for a user to operate and a grass trimmer device including a grass trimmer head and a motor. The grass trimmer head includes a spool configured for a grass trimmer line to wind around and a housing formed with an accommodating cavity. When the grass trimmer is mounted with the grass trimmer line, a part of the grass trimmer line protruding outside the housing is defined as an effective part of the grass trimmer line. The grass trimmer further includes a controller configured to control the grass trimmer head to release a grass trimmer line when the grass trimmer head is mounted with the grass trimmer line and a length of the effective part is detected to be less than or equal to a preset value.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A grass trimmer, comprising:
an operating device configured for a user to operate; and
a grass trimmer head; and
a motor configured to drive the grass trimmer head,
wherein the grass trimmer head comprises:
a spool, configured for a grass trimmer line to wind around, capable of rotating around a first axis; and
a housing formed with an accommodating cavity configured to accommodate at least a part of the spool and formed with an aperture configured for the grass trimmer line to pass through,

wherein when the grass trimmer is mounted with the grass trimmer line, a part of the grass trimmer line protruding outside the housing is defined as an effective part of the grass trimmer line,
wherein the grass trimmer further comprises:
a controller configured to control the grass trimmer head to release the grass trimmer line when the grass trimmer head is mounted with the grass trimmer line and a length of the effective part is detected to be less than or equal to a preset value; and
a line feeding device configured to have a first working mode for preventing the grass trimmer head from releasing the grass trimmer line and a second working mode for allowing the grass trimmer head to release the grass trimmer line,

wherein the controller is connected to the motor, and the controller is capable of controlling the motor to accelerate from a first rotational speed at which the grass trimmer is in a normal trimming state to a second rotational speed so as to switch the grass trimmer head from the first working mode to the second working mode, and
wherein the line feeder comprises a movable block capable of rotating with rotation of the spool and sliding along a direction of a first straight line relative to the spool, the movable block is formed with an engagement portion, the housing is formed with a reception portion capable of cooperating with the engagement portion to cause the housing and the spool relatively stationary, when the line feeder is in the first working mode, the movable block slides to a position where the engagement portion and the reception portion cooperate with each other, when the line feeder is in the second working mode, the movable block slides to a position where the engagement portion and the reception portion are separated from each other.

2. The grass trimmer of claim 1 , wherein, when the line feeding is in the first working mode, the housing is stationary relative to the spool and the grass trimmer head is capable of trimming grass, and, when the line feeding device is in the second working mode, the spool rotates relative to the housing and the grass trimmer head releases the grass trimmer line.

3. The grass trimmer of claim 1 , further comprising a detector configured to detect a characterization parameter that reflects a change in the length of the effective part when the grass trimmer line is mounted to the grass trimmer, wherein the controller is connected to the detector and, when the characterization parameter reflects that the length of the effective part is less than or equal to the preset value, the controller controls the grass trimmer head to release the grass trimmer line.

4. The grass trimmer of claim 3 , wherein a correspondence relationship between the characterization parameter and the length of the effective part is stored in the controller.

5. The grass trimmer of claim 4 , wherein the characterization parameter is at least one of a current flowing through the motor, a torque of the grass trimmer line, and a noise outside the housing of the grass trimmer head.

6. The grass trimmer of claim 1 , wherein the reception portion is formed on an outer side of the housing facing toward the motor and the movable block is at least partially disposed outside the accommodating cavity.

7. The grass trimmer of claim 1 , wherein the line feeding device comprises a biasing member configured to bias the movable block to move toward the position where the engagement portion and the reception portion cooperate with each other.

8. The grass trimmer of claim 7 , wherein a center of gravity of the movable block and the biasing member are respectively disposed on two sides of a plane passing through the first axis and perpendicular to the first straight line.

9. The grass trimmer of claim 1 , further comprising a detector configured to detect the length of the effective part, wherein the detection device is connected to the controller, and, when the length of the effective part detected by the detection device is less than or equal to the preset value, the controller controls the grass trimmer head to release the grass trimmer line.

10. The grass trimmer of claim 1 , further comprising a detector configured to detect whether the length of the effective part is less than or equal to the preset value, wherein the controller is connected to the detector, and, in response to determining that the detector device detects that the length of the effective part is less than or equal to the preset value, the controller controls the grass trimmer head to release the grass trimmer line.

11. The grass trimmer of claim 10 , wherein, when the controller controls the motor to decelerate from the second rotation speed to a third rotation speed, the grass trimmer head is switched from the second working mode to the first working mode.

12. The grass trimmer of claim 11 , wherein the third rotational speed is smaller than or equal to the first rotation speed.

13. The grass trimmer of claim 11 , wherein the first rotational speed is greater than 5000 rpm.

Assignees

• Nanjing Chervon Ind Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wang Sanglong
• Guo Jianpeng

Classifications

• A01D34/006 Primary

  Control or measuring arrangements · CPC title

• A01D34/416

  Flexible line cutters · CPC title

• A01D75/285

  with arrangements for holding the harvesting or mowing apparatus in a horizontal position · CPC title

• A01D34/4162 Primary

  automatically · CPC title

• A01D34/008

  for automated or remotely controlled operation · CPC title