Handguard for chainsaw

摘要

The invention relates to a chainsaw having a front hand guard (20) including a protective structure (21), projecting in front of the front handle (5), pivotally attached to the engine housing (2) by at least one lever (25, 26) for activating a brake to brake the movement of the saw chain when being pivoted. The protective structure (21) includes see through means (24) enabling at least partial visibility through the protective structure (21), and twig preventing means for limiting the risk of objects such as twigs to get stuck in the protective structure (21).

主权项

1. A chainsaw having:
an engine housing including an engine, a guide bar extending forwardly from the engine housing for guiding a saw chain driven by the engine, a front handle, a trigger handle including a throttle trigger for throttling the engine wherein the trigger handle is located on top of the housing, and a front hand guard including a protective structure, projecting in front of the front handle, said front hand guard being pivotably attached to the engine housing by two levers, wherein one of the two levers is located on one side of an axis through the center of the trigger handle, and the other of the two levers is located on the other side of the axis through the center of the trigger handle and the protective structure includes a plurality of openings enabling at least partial visibility through the protective structure, wherein in that the front hand guard is arranged to actuate a brake to brake the movement of the saw chain when the front hand guard is pivoted and wherein the plurality of openings are more than 20 openings and are hexagonal shaped, and wherein the protective structure is located only on one of the sides of the axis through the center of the trigger handle.