PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a hedge trimmer capable of sufficiently securing the length of an arm-receiver so that the position of the arm fixed by the arm receiver becomes closer to an elbow or an upper arm and having the effect of fixing the arm in left and right, and vertical directions.SOLUTION: This hedge trimmer including a main handle 12 formed at the rear part of a housing 11, the arm receiver 20 installed at the rear part of the main handle 12 as freely rotatable and a guard 15 installed at the frontal direction of the main handle 12 is provided with that the arm receiver 20 is positioned at an arm-receiving position or a housed position by rotating it over the main handle 12, and when the arm receiver 20 is at the housed position, an arm receiver-linking part 20b of the arm receiver 20 is positioned at the frontal direction of the main handle 12 and also at a rear direction of the guard 15.COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT【課題】腕受けで固定される腕の位置がひじまたは上腕に近くなるよう腕受けの長さが十分に確保でき、腕を左右上下方向に固定する効果のあるヘッジトリマを提供する。【解決手段】ハウジング11の後部に形成された主ハンドル12と、主ハンドル12の後部に回動自在に設けられた腕受け20と、主ハンドル12の前方に設けられたガード15と、を備えたヘッジトリマにおいて、腕受け20は主ハンドル12の上を回動して腕受け位置と収納位置に位置づけられ、腕受け20が収納位置にある時、腕受け20の腕受け連結部20bが主ハンドル12の前方でガード15より後方に位置する。【選択図】図2