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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2015
Speed France Sas, Arnas, FR;
Emmanuel Legrand, St. Villeneuve, FR;
SPEED FRANCE SAS, Arnas, FR;
Abstract
The invention relates to a trimmer head comprising: a body to be coupled to a driving shaft of a vegetation cutting machine for rotating about a rotation axis, at least one rod comprising at least one retaining portion for holding a cutting filament in a determined direction, wherein the body comprises a housing for receiving each end of the rod such that the rod axis is perpendicular to the rotation axis of the body and substantially tangential to the rotational path of the body, the housing and the rod ends having respective shapes allowing at least two relative orientations of the rod relative to the body: a first orientation wherein the determined direction is substantially parallel to the rotation axis of the body, and a second orientation wherein the determined direction is substantially radial and substantially perpendicular to the rotation axis of the body.