Rotating assembly for grass trimmer

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9918428-B2
Application number	US-201615263983-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 13, 2016
Priority date	Oct 23, 2014
Publication date	Mar 20, 2018
Grant date	Mar 20, 2018

Abstract

A rotating assembly for a grass trimmer includes a cutting element, a cutting head for mounting the cutting element and driving the cutting element to rotate about a rotating axis and a cover mounted on the cutting head. The cutting head includes a cutting head body and fan blades for generating an air flow when the cutting head being rotated, which are disposed on a top of the cutting head. The cover includes a cover body and protecting ribs for preventing the fan blades from wearing.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A rotating assembly for a grass trimmer, comprising:
a cutting element; and
a cutting head for mounting the cutting element and driving the cutting element to rotate about a rotating axis, the cutting head comprising:
a cutting head body;
fan blades for generating an air flow when the cutting head is rotated disposed on a top of the cutting head; and
a cover mounted on the cutting head, the cover comprising:
a cover body; and
protecting ribs for preventing the fan blades from wearing.

2. The rotating assembly of claim 1 , wherein the fan blades protrude toward the cover body, each of the fan blades having a top which contacts with a bottom of the cover body or extend into the cover body.

3. The rotating assembly of claim 2 , wherein the protecting ribs protrude in a direction that is toward the cutting head body and the protecting ribs correspond with the fan blades.

4. The rotating assembly of claim 3 , wherein the protecting ribs have a size in a direction of the rotating axis which is greater than or equal to a size of the fan blades in the direction of the rotating axis.

5. The rotating assembly of claim 1 , wherein the cover body comprises a first surface on its side facing the cutting head body and the first surface contacts with the fan blades.

6. The rotating assembly of claim 5 , wherein the cutting head body comprises a second surface on its side facing the cover body and the second surface is substantially parallel to the first surface.

7. The rotating assembly of claim 6 , wherein the protecting ribs have a size in a direction of the rotating axis which is equal to a size of the fan blades in the direction of the rotating axis.

8. The rotating assembly of claim 1 , wherein the cover is provided with a central through hole which allows the fan blades to be exposed to the cover.

9. The rotating assembly of claim 1 , wherein the protecting ribs are formed with locating pins extending toward the cutting head body and the cutting head body is formed with locating recesses for engaging with the locating pins.

10. The rotating assembly of claim 1 , wherein the fan blades are made of at least a first material and the protecting ribs are made of at least a second material, the hardness of the second material being greater than the first material.

11. The rotating assembly of claim 1 , wherein the cutting head comprises a spool for winding the cutting element and a housing assembly for containing the spool, the housing assembly being provided with eyelets extending in a radial direction of the rotating axis, and wherein a first section of a first plane which is perpendicular to the rotating axis is a longitudinal section of the eyelets, a first section shape of the eyelets cut by the longitudinal section comprises a first longitudinal cutting arcuate edge and a second longitudinal cutting arcuate edge which are opposite to each other, a second section of a second plane which is perpendicular to an extending direction of the eyelets is a lateral section of the eyelets, a second section shape of the eyelets cut by the lateral section comprises a first lateral cutting arcuate edge and a second lateral cutting arcuate edge which are departed from each other.

12. The rotating assembly of claim 11 , wherein a position at a minimum distance between the first longitudinal cutting arcuate edge and the second longitudinal cutting arcuate edge is defined as a width position and a maximum distance between the first lateral cutting arcuate edge and the second lateral cutting arcuate edge at the width position is defined as a width of the eyelets and wherein, in the extending direction of the eyelets, the eyelets have a maximum size which is defined as a length of the eyelet and a ratio between the width and the length of the eyelets is greater than or equal to 0.5 and less than or equal to 2.

13. The rotating assembly of claim 12 , wherein the first lateral cutting arcuate edge and the second lateral cutting arcuate edge in the lateral section at the width position are symmetrical.

14. The rotating assembly of claim 11 , wherein each eyelet is symmetrical about a plane which is defined as a symmetry plane of the eyelet and the rotating axis is in the symmetry plane.

15. The rotating assembly of claim 1 , wherein the cutting head comprises a spool for the cutting element to be wound upon and a housing assembly for containing the spool, the housing assembly is provided with eyelets extending in a radial direction of the rotating axis, and the cutting element is extended out of the eyelets along a line direction.

16. The rotating assembly of claim 15 , wherein the cutting element at least partially intersects obliquely with an extending direction of the eyelets and a lateral section of the eyelets comprises a portion of a waist-shaped hole.

17. The rotating assembly of claim 15 , wherein the housing assembly is formed with gaps in a direction of the rotating axis and the gaps are communicated with the eyelets.

18. The rotating assembly of claim 15 , wherein the spool is provided with winding portions for the cutting element to be wound upon, the spool comprises a columnar portion extending in a direction of the rotating axis, the columnar portion comprises two end flanges on its two ends which are extended outwardly and a partition flange in its middle which is extended outwardly, the winding portions are located between the partition flange and the end flanges.

19. The rotating assembly of claim 15 , wherein the housing assembly comprises a housing for containing the spool and a retainer formed with the eyelets which is fixed on the housing.

20. The rotating assembly of claim 19 , wherein the retainer is formed with fixing ribs and the housing is formed with fixing recesses for engaging with the fixing ribs.

Assignees

• Chervon Hk Ltd

Inventors

• Yamaoka toshinari
• Sun Qihao
• Guo Jianpeng

Classifications

• A01D34/4165 Primary

  Mounting of the cutter head · CPC title