A hand-guided garden, forestry and/or construction working apparatus has an inactive state, an active state and a variable setting, as well as an apparatus operator control element which can be activated by a user. In the inactive state, the garden, forestry and/or construction working apparatus is designed to be transferred into the active state triggered by activation of the apparatus operator control element, and in the active state the garden, forestry and/or construction working apparatus is designed to change the setting and not to be transferred into the inactive state triggered by activation of the apparatus operator control element.

Pruning robot including means for removing processionary caterpillar nests, the robot being characterized in that it is carried by a drone provided with an onboard automaton, which is equipped with an electromechanical tool consisting of a gripper associated with a cutting device intended to cut the branches supporting the nests that are to be removed.

A tree saw attachment for a modular landscape trimmer is disclosed. In one embodiment, the tree saw attachment is provided with a drive unit having a drive shaft operably connectable to a motive source and a transmission operably connected to the drive shaft. An anvil is connected to and extending from an output side of the transmission of the drive unit, and a blade is connected to the output shaft of the transmission. The blade has an arcuate outer peripheral edge with teeth formed along a portion thereof forming a cutting edge so as the output shaft is rotated, the distance between the cutting edge and a central axis of the output shaft increases until the blade has substantially completed one rotation. Rotation of the blade causes the blade to move transversely with respect to the anvil to engage and cut material positioned between the blade and the anvil.

Disclosed herein are devices, methods, and methods of making devices for solving the problem of providing vegetation maintenance along easements, right-of-ways, roads, paths, and landscapes. In one embodiment, a saw attachment includes a boom assembly and a motor assembly mechanically coupled with the boom assembly. The saw attachment also includes a circular saw blade mechanically coupled with the motor assembly and a mount assembly mechanically coupled with the boom assembly. The mount assembly is configured for attachment to a loader having lift arms and resident on a host vehicle. In certain embodiments, the host vehicle may be a skid-steer, a tracked loader, or the like. In other embodiments, the host vehicle may be a tractor, a telehandler, or the like.

Disclosed herein are devices, methods, and methods of making devices for solving the problem of providing vegetation maintenance along easements, right-of-ways, roads, paths, and landscapes. In one embodiment, a saw attachment includes a boom assembly and a motor assembly mechanically coupled with the boom assembly. The saw attachment also includes a circular saw blade mechanically coupled with the motor assembly and a mount assembly mechanically coupled with the boom assembly. The mount assembly is configured for attachment to a loader having lift arms and resident on a host vehicle. In certain embodiments, the host vehicle may be a skid-steer, a tracked loader, or the like. In other embodiments, the host vehicle may be a tractor, a telehandler, or the like.

A pruning system includes a cutting head comprising upper and lower cutting rings positioned along a bottom portion of one or more tubes. At least one of the cutting rings is adapted to rotate in a circular motion, while the other cutting ring may be adapted to remain stationary. A vacuum may be applied to suction target plant material, and the cutting head may be lowered toward the target plant material. As adjacent blades from the upper and lower cutting rings are separated in an open position, plant material may be collected in the opening defined by the adjacent blades of the cutting rings. As the blades converge, the opening may close, and plant material collected in the opening may be severed from the plant. System variables, such as blade orientation, vacuum speed, blade rotation speed, barrel size, and the cutting mechanisms, may be adjusted to accommodate different types of plant material. The pruning system may be installed on a vehicle and used with a vision system to remove materials from plant beds in a field.

The present invention relates to a cutting device (1) for fitting on an unmanned aerial vehicle (10) for the high-level pruning of vegetation in areas close to power distribution lines, which comprises at least one system for attachment (200) to the aerial vehicle (10) having a central beam (230), at least four arms (210) having connection points (12) to rods of the unmanned aerial vehicle, oriented toward motors of the aerial vehicle (10) for attachment to the aerial vehicle and a system for releasing (220) at least one cutting tool (300) whilst in use, and at least one cutting tool (300), made up of a plurality of saws each driven by a motor (310), a cutting rod (330) for attaching the plurality of saws and an automatic leveling system (320) for the cutting rod (330), which maintains said rod (330) in a horizontal position during the cutting process.

An electric working machine includes an inverter and a controller. The controller switches a current conduction pattern via the inverter and performs a PWM control of a conduction current to a brushless motor. The controller includes switching patterns as the current conduction pattern switched for every commutation timing. The switching patterns include different on and off states for different switching elements. The controller sequentially switches a switching pattern synchronously with a period of the PWM control, detects a rotational position of a brushless motor from a magnitude relation between inductances of the brushless motor produced by switching the switching pattern, and sets the commutation timing.

A field-configurable apparatus for different aerial applications is provided. The field-configurable apparatus attaches to an aerial boom on a mobile carrier. The apparatus can perform rapid semi-precise cutting of vegetation. Additionally, the apparatus can perform more precise trimming of one or more areas (e.g., limbs) and optionally use a limb clamp to prevent cut limbs/vegetation from arbitrarily falling on objects below the cutting area. Still further, the apparatus can have a grapple or similar device attached to the end of the boom for use in relocating debris or for loading debris. Other industrial applications are also possible (e.g., commercial water blasting, deicing of planes, etc.). In each configuration, the apparatus comprises one or more rotatable or pivoting couplings to allow for rotation about one or more axis and therefore allow precise manipulation of an aerial tool assembly from an operator in the vehicle or on the ground.

A hand-held electrical power tool includes a working device for performing working function of the hand-held electrical power tool, a power device including a motor for driving the working device, a power supplying unit for supplying power to the power device, and an operating device through which a user can operate. The operating device includes an operating handle and a speed regulating device arranged beside the operating handle. The speed regulating device includes a speed regulating switch and a speed regulating operating member connected to the speed regulating switch and driving the speed regulating switch. When the rotating speed of the motor increases from zero to the maximum, the rotating angle of the speed regulating operating member is 0-360 degrees.