String Trimmer

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2019269070-A1
Application number	US-201716461269-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 6, 2017
Priority date	Dec 6, 2016
Publication date	Sep 5, 2019
Grant date	—

Abstract

A string trimmer includes: a housing; a line container, configured to accommodate a trimmer line, and an end of the trimmer line extending out of the line container; a motor, configured to drive the line container to rotate to perform cutting work; a start switch, configured to generate a start signal according to an operation of a user, to control the motor to start or stop; a release mechanism, capable of selectively releasing the trimmer line, to increase the length of the trimmer line that has extended out of the line container; and a calculation unit, configured to respond to a release signal to calculate the usage and/or remainder of the trimmer line. In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the calculation unit configured to calculate the usage and/or remainder of the trimmer line is disposed in the string trimmer. In this way, when currently the usable amount of the trimmer line in the string trimmer is relatively small, the user can be reminded to change the trimmer line in time, thereby reducing the waste of time and labor during use because the trimmer line is used up.

First claim

1 . A string trimmer, comprising:
a housing; a line storage device, configured to accommodate a trimmer line; a trimmer head, having a line eyelet, and the trimmer line passing through the line eyelet; a motor, configured to drive the trimmer head to rotate, to enable a length of the trimmer line that has passed through the line eyelet to perform cutting work; a release mechanism, capable of releasing the trimmer line, to increase the length of the trimmer line that has passed through the line eyelet; and a calculation unit, configured to respond to a release signal to calculate the usage and/or remainder of the trimmer line; and a reminder unit, configured to send a reminder signal according to the usage and/or remainder of the trimmer line calculated by the calculation unit to remind a user.

2 . The string trimmer according to claim 1 , wherein the reminder unit comprises a display, and the display is configured to display the usage and/or remainder of the trimmer line.

3 . The string trimmer according to claim 2 , wherein the reminder unit comprises a display, and the display outputs a display result when the remainder of the trimmer line calculated by the calculation unit is less than a first preset value or the usage of the trimmer line calculated by the calculation unit exceeds a second preset value, to remind the user that the remainder of the trimmer line is insufficient.

4 . The string trimmer according to claim 1 , wherein the reminder unit comprises an alarm, and the alarm sends an alarm signal when the remainder of the trimmer line calculated by the calculation unit is less than a first preset value or the usage of the trimmer line calculated by the calculation unit exceeds a second preset value, to remind the user that the remainder of the trimmer line is insufficient.

5 . The string trimmer according to claim 4 , wherein the value range of the first preset value is 5% to 15% of the initial sum of the trimmer line, or the first preset value is a quantity of 25 times to 50 times that the release mechanism can release the trimmer line.

6 . The string trimmer according to claim 4 , wherein the value range of the second preset value is 85% to 95% of the initial sum of the trimmer line.

7 . The string trimmer according to claim 4 , wherein the reminder unit further comprises a wireless transmission module, and the wireless transmission module transmits the usage and/or remainder of the trimmer line calculated by the calculation unit a last time to a mobile phone client of the user.

8 . The string trimmer according to claim 1 , wherein the calculation unit comprises a calculator and a reset switch, the calculator may calculate the usage of the trimmer line according to the release signal, and the reset switch is configured to reset the calculator.

9 . The string trimmer according to claim 8 , wherein the calculation unit further comprises a memory and a processor, the memory is configured to store the usable initial sum of the trimmer line, the processor is configured to acquire the initial sum and calculate a difference between the initial sum and the usage of the trimmer line, and send a prompt signal when the difference is less than or equal to a preset value, and the reminder unit is configured to send the reminder signal according to the prompt signal.

10 . The string trimmer according to claim 1 , wherein the calculation unit comprises a calculator and a reset switch, the calculator is configured to calculate the remainder of the trimmer line according to the release signal, and the reset switch is configured to reset the remainder of the trimmer line in the calculator.

11 . The string trimmer according to claim 10 , wherein the calculation unit comprises a memory and a processor, the memory is configured to store the usable initial sum of the trimmer line, the processor is configured to: acquire the remainder of the trimmer line, and generate a prompt signal when the remainder of the trimmer line is less than or equal to a preset value, and the reminder unit is configured to send the reminder signal according to the prompt signal.

12 . The string trimmer according to claim 1 , wherein the release mechanism responds to each release signal to start to release the trimmer line, when the release mechanism receives one release signal, the release mechanism is started once, and the length of the trimmer line that has passed through the line eyelet is increased by once, and the calculation unit calculates the usage and/or remainder of the trimmer line according to a quantity of times of the release signal.

13 . The string trimmer according to claim 12 , wherein the string trimmer further comprises a start switch, and the start switch is configured to generate a start signal according to an operation of the user, to control the motor to start or stop; and the release signal comprises the start signal, the release mechanism releases the trimmer line according to the start signal, and the calculation unit is configured to calculate the usage and/or remainder of the trimmer line according to the start signal.

14 - 16 . (canceled)

17 . The string trimmer according to claim 12 , wherein the string trimmer further comprises a manual release switch, and the release signal comprises a manual release signal; and the manual release switch generates the manual release signal according to an operation of the user, the release mechanism releases the trimmer line according to the manual release signal, and the calculation unit is configured to calculate the usage and/or remainder of the trimmer line according to the manual release signal.

18 . (canceled)

19 . The string trimmer according to claim 12 , wherein the release signal comprises a smart release signal; and the release mechanism comprises a smart release mechanism configured to control the trimmer line to automatically release the trimmer line, and when the length of the trimmer line that has passed through the line eyelet decreases with wear in a work process of the string trimmer, and the smart release mechanism detects a centrifugal force change after the trimmer line becomes shorter with wear, starts to automatically release the trimmer line, and generates the smart release signal.

20 . The string trimmer according to claim 12 , wherein the release signal comprises a smart release signal; and a smart release system configured to control the trimmer line to automatically release the trimmer line is disposed in the string trimmer, and the smart release system compares a specific parameter representing a current length of the trimmer line with a preset parameter, and generates the smart release signal according to a result of the comparison.

21 - 27 . (canceled)

28 . The string trimmer according to claim 12 , wherein the release signal comprises a knock release signal, the trimmer head comprises a knock head, the knock head operably moves between a first position and a second position to start the release mechanism to release the trimmer line, the knock release signal is generated when the knock head moves between the first position and the second position, and the calculation unit calculates the usage and/or remainder of the trimmer line according to the knock release signal.

29 . The string trimmer according to claim 1 , wherein the string trimmer further comprises a detection mechanism, the release signal further comprises a direct release signal sent when the detection mechanism detects that the length of the trimmer line that has

Assignees

• Positec Power Tools Suzhou Co Ltd

Inventors

• Zha Xiahong
• Zhao Fengli
• Yang Xueyu

Classifications

• A01D34/4161

  Means for feeding cutter line · CPC title

• A01D34/4163

  by triggered line feedout, e.g. bump-feeding · CPC title

• A01D34/4162 Primary

  automatically · CPC title

• A01D34/4166

  Mounting or replacement of the lines · CPC title

• A01D34/006 Primary

  Control or measuring arrangements · CPC title