HANDHELD WORK APPARATUS

A handheld work apparatus has a combustion engine for driving a tool of the work apparatus and further has an air filter unit for filtering the intake air of the combustion engine. The work apparatusdefines a vertical direction. The air filter unit includes an air filter and a filter housing enclosing the air filter. The air filter (17) extends along a filter axis (18) and has a filter element (19) disposed peripherally around the filter axis (18), wherein the filter axis (18) forms an angle of inclination (alpha) with the vertical direction (11). The filter element (19) has an upper filter section (20) in relation to the vertical direction (11). The filter housing (16) has, remotely from the upper filter section (20), at least one air intake window (21, 22) and, in addition thereto, a further upper, permanently open cold air intake window (23) in the region of the upper filter section (20). 手引导式工作器械，其具有用于驱动工作器械的工具的内燃机和用于过滤内燃机的吸入空气的空气过滤组件。工作器械具有高度方向。空气过滤组件包括空气过滤器和包围空气过滤器的过滤器壳体。空气过滤器（17）沿着过滤器轴线（18）延伸，并且具有过滤器元件