PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electric hedge trimmer that is compact and improves operability by shortening the dimension in the axial direction of an output shaft of a motor.SOLUTION: The electric hedge trimmer 1 comprises: a flat motor 6 that is provided inside a housing 2 and includes a rotor 60 having a disk shaped coil disk 59 on which a plurality of substantially ring-shaped coils are formed and arranged in the circumferential direction of a motor output shaft 7 as seen in the direction of the axis line 61 of the motor output shaft 7, and a magnet 63 that generates a magnetic flux that passes through the coil disk 59 in the direction of the axis line 61 of the motor output shaft 7 a gear section 8 that is provided adjacent to the flat motor 6 inside the housing 2, connected to the motor output shaft 7, reduces the speed of rotation of the motor output shaft 7, and has a gear section output shaft 9 that outputs the reduced rotation a cam 11 that is provided adjacent to the gear section 8 inside the housing 2, connected to the gear section output shaft 9, and converts the rotating motion of the gear section output shaft 9 to reciprocating motion and a blade section 4 that protrudes from the housing 2, is connected to the cam 11, and has reciprocating motion.COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT【課題】モータの出力軸の軸方向の寸法を抑え、コンパクトで作業性を向上させた電動刈込機を提供する。【解決手段】電動刈込機1は、モータ出力軸7の軸線61方向視においてモータ出力軸7を中心に円周方向に配列した略環状の複数のコイルが設けられた円板状のコイルディスク59を有する回転子60と、コイルディスク59をモータ出力軸7の軸線61方向に通過する磁束を発生させる磁石63とを有するハウジング2の内部に設けられる扁平モータ6と、扁平モータ6に隣接してハウジング2の内部に設けられモータ出力軸7に接続されてモータ出力軸7の回転を減速して出力するギヤ部出力軸9を有するギヤ部8と、ギヤ部8に隣接してハウジング2の内部に設けられ、ギヤ部出力軸9に接続されてギヤ部出力軸9の回転運動を往復運動に変換するカム11と、ハウジング2から突出し、カム11に接続されて往復動するブレード部4と、を備える。【選択図】図4
