Cutter-trimmer of walk-behind type

Abstract From the Canadian patent

A cutter-trimmer comprising a drivingly rotatable cutter disposed at the front end of the body thereof, a guide handle disposed at the rear end of the body, a wheel member disposed in the vicinity of the cutter and reversibly rotatable about a horizontal axis for supporting the body thereon, and a cutter driving engine and a wheel member driving electric motor provided at a longitudinally intermediate portion of the body toward its front end. The device is adapted to perform a cutting operation while traveling forward rearward, or sidewise by shifting the wheel member to a forward position or to a lateral position about a vertical axis and holding the wheel member in the shifted position.