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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2015
Mtd Products Inc, Valley City, OH (US);
Peter Held, Scheuerfeld, DE;
MTD PRODUCTS INC, Valley City, OH (US);
Abstract
A lopper a lopping assembly mounted to an upper end of a pole, said lopping assembly includes a movable knife and a counter knife. The movable knife is connected via a first transmission and connection assembly to an operating assembly disposed at a lower end of the pole, which is configured to move the movable knife and/or the counter knife in a direction to one another. The operating assembly includes first and second actuating elements. The first actuating element is coupled to the first transmission and connection assembly and the second actuating element is coupled via a second transmission and connection assembly and releasable latching assembly to the first actuating element. Movement of the second actuating element away from the first actuation element causes, via the second transmission and connection assembly, a movement of the first actuating element in said first direction.