PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a weeder having functions preventing ballast scattering to the outside of the body.SOLUTION: A weeder 1 includes a body 2, front wheels 13 and rear wheels 15, provided rotatably at the front part and the rear part of the body 2, and a cutter blade 11 set rotatably at the lower part of the body 2, and performs weeding of a weeding target area by rotating and driving the blade 11 while rotating and driving at least the front wheels 13 and/or rear wheels 15 to travel on the ground of the weeding target area, wherein at least a protecting cover 20 closing an aperture formed between the side of the body 2 and the ground, among the apertures formed between the side, the front and the rear part of the body 2 and the ground of the weeding target area, is disposed on the side or the inside of the side of the body 2 so as to extend downward from the side or the inside of the side of the body 2.COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT【課題】バラスがボディよりも外方に飛散するのを防止できる機能を備えた除草機を提供する。【解決手段】ボディ2と、ボディ2の前部及び後部に回転自在に設けられる前輪13及び後輪15と、ボディ2の下部に回転自在に設けられる刈刃11とを備え、前輪13及び後輪15の少なくとも一方を回転駆動させて除草対象箇所の地面上を走行しながら、刈刃11を回転駆動させることにより、除草対象箇所の除草を行う除草機1において、ボディ2の側面又は側面よりも内側の部位に、ボディ2の側部、前部、及び後部と除草対象箇所の地面との間に形成される開口のうち、少なくともボディ2の側部と除草対象箇所の地面との間に形成される開口を閉塞する保護カバー20を、ボディ2の側面又は側面よりも内側の部位から下方へ延びるように設ける。【選択図】図1
