Tree and hedge trimmer

Claim 1

A TREE TRIMMING TOOL COMPRISING A PRIME MOVER HAVING A ROTATING OUTPUT SHAFT, A RIGID TUBULAR CASING FIXEDLY SECURED AT ONE END TO SAID PRIME MOVER, THE MAJOR PORTION OF SAID CASING EXTENDING LINEAR FROM SAID PRIME MOVER, THE OPPOSITE END PORTION OF SAID CASING BEING BENT TO SUBSTANTIALLY SEMI-CIRCULAR FORM, A HOUSING FIXED TO THE OPPOSITE END OF SAID CASING AND BEING POSITIONED AT ONE SIDE OF THE AXIS OF SAID LINEAR PORTION, A CUTTER ARBOR JOURNALLED IN SAID HOUSING, THE AXIS OF SAID ARBOR EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULAR TO THE AXIS OF SAID LINEAR PORTION, A CUTTER BLADE FIXED TO SAID ARBOR AND BEING FORMED AT ITS PERIPHERY WITH CIRCUMERENTIALLY SPACED APART CUTTING TEETH, A PLATE FIXED TO SAID HOUSING AND BEING POSITIONED INTERMEDIATE SAID BLADE AND SAID HOUSING, SAID PLATE EXTENDING IN A DIRECTION LENGTHWISE OF SAID LINEAR PORTION OF SAID CASING AND IN PARALLEL SPACED RELATION TO SAID CUTTER BLADE, A PAIR OF ARMS FIXED TO EACH END OF SAID PLATE END EXTENDING LATERALLY FROM OPPOSITE SIDES THEREOF, EACH OF SAID ARMS INCLUDING INWARDLY FROM ITS OUTER END TOWARD SAID CUTTER BLADE AND MERGING WITH THE SIDE EDGE OF SAID PLATE AT A POINT SPACED FROM THE AXIS OF SAID ARBOR COMPARABLE TO THE RADIUS OF SAID CUTTER BLADE, A CHIP DEFLECTING SHIELD FIXED TO THE END OF SAID PLATE CONFRONTING SAID PRIME MOVER, AND A FLEXIBLE SHAFT EXTENDING THROUGH SAID CASING AND BEING OPERATIVELY CONNECTED AT ITS ENDS SAID OUTPUT SHAFT AND SAID ARBOR.