Patents Assigned to Benedict Engineering Company
  • Safety guard stop for power saws
    Patent number: 6119569
    Abstract: A safety device for a power saw, such as a miter saw, includes an interference stop mounted on the frame or other support of the saw. The stop prevents a lower pivotal blade guard of the saw from being pushed away from a covering relationship with respect to the saw blade when the saw is moved from a "cutting" position to a fully raised "home" position, thereby preventing accidental exposure of the saw blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2000
    Assignee: Benedict Engineering Company
    Inventors: Charles E. Benedict, Douglas A. Newcomer, Gregory W. Hatcher, Timothy M. Cheek, Douglas R. Stahl
  • Miter saw blade guards
    Patent number: 5950514
    Abstract: Supplemental guards are pivotally mounted on opposite sides of a conventional saw blade housing associated with miter saws. The supplemental blade guards are mounted so as to normally extend outwardly beyond the cutting blade whenever a miter saw blade is not engaged with a workpiece. The supplemental guards are positively guided as they are pivoted relative to the saw blade by contact with a workpiece as the miter saw blade is lowered to a cutting position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1999
    Assignee: Benedict Engineering Company
    Inventors: Charles E. Benedict, Douglas A. Newcomer, Gregory W. Hatcher, Timothy M. Cheek, Douglas R. Stahl