Adjustable Angular Relationship Patents (Class 83/473)
  • Patent number: 7992479
    Abstract: A table saw includes a base assembly, a table assembly supported by the base assembly, a saw assembly connected to at least one of the base assembly and the table assembly, the saw assembly having a blade extending through the table assembly, a height adjustment assembly for adjusting the height of the blade, the height adjustment assembly comprising a height adjustment wheel, and bevel adjustment assembly for adjusting the bevel angle of the blade, the bevel adjustment assembly comprising a bevel adjustment wheel. The height and bevel adjustment wheels are disposed at the front of the base assembly. The position of the height and bevel adjustment wheels relative to the front of the base assembly does not change regardless of the blade height and bevel angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Jeremy J. Burke, Jaime E. Garcia, Jeffrey D. Weston, Craig A. Carroll, Peter Chaikowsky
  • Publication number: 20110162500
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to a table saw comprising: a base assembly having a base structure and side walls, a table top assembly top surface, and an undercarriage assembly including a motor, the undercarriage assembly configured to adjust the vertical and angular position of a blade relative to the table top assembly; the undercarriage assembly further comprising: an undercarriage frame and cover together defining a narrow housing configured and sized to enclose substantially all of an installed blade under the top surface, the housing having an upper pivot for adjusting the angular position of the blade and being configured to have the motor slidably mounted therein to adjust the vertical position of the blade; and a removable port structure attached to a bottom portion of the undercarriage assembly, the port structure having an outlet port at an outer end configured to be connected to a vacuum source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2010
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicants: CREDO TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventor: Andrew Frolov
  • Publication number: 20110137779
    Abstract: Is hereby provided an apparatus for batch cutting shingles, the apparatus comprising a table including a carriage module for receiving a plurality of shingle sheets thereon; and a power pack module supported by the table and operatively connected to a cutting module including at least two cutting blades mounted on a support arm, the two cutting blades being disposed at an angle thereof and adapted to simultaneously cut the plurality of shingle sheets to produce a plurality of shingle caps. A method of billing shingles cuttings with an apparatus for batch cutting shingle sheets and a method of cutting bundles of sheaves is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2010
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Inventor: Stéphane Gendron
  • Patent number: 7954533
    Abstract: A sheet cutting table 13, after sticking an adhesive sheet S to a semiconductor wafer W, for cutting the area outside the semiconductor wafer W as an unnecessary adhesive sheet S1 with a cutting device 15. The table 13 includes an inner table 52 which supports the semiconductor wafer W, and an outer table 51 corresponding to the unnecessary adhesive sheet S1 outside the semiconductor wafer W. The upper surface of the outer table 51 is provided with a non-adherable treatment surface 51A, and an adherable member formed with a ring member 53 or a plate member 63 for sticking the adhesive sheet S thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Lintec Corporation
    Inventors: Hideaki Nonaka, Kenji Kobayashi, Yoshiaki Sugishita
  • Publication number: 20110100183
    Abstract: A mechanism for automatically adjusting the height and angle of a table saw blade is disclosed. The table saw comprises a working surface through which the saw blade protrudes to a certain height. An arbor assembly is connected to the bottom of the working surface of the table saw by means of pivot shoes. The mechanism adjustment disclosed comprises two motors and shafts coupled to the arbor assembly that allows the user to adjust the height and angle of the saw blade independently as required for the dimension of the material to be cut or the desired angle of the cut.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2009
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Inventor: John Tomaino
  • Publication number: 20110067540
    Abstract: Embodiments of a power table saw are described which have a frame structure configured to support a movable saw assembly. The table saw also includes a rip fence attached to the frame structure in a fixed position for contacting a work piece during a cutting operation by said table saw. Further, a table assembly is provided, having a top surface for supporting a work piece, a blade extendable through an opening in the top surface for cutting a work piece, and a motor mounted beneath the top surface for driving the blade. The table assembly is movably mounted on the frame structure so that the table assembly is adjustable, allowing adjustment of the distance between the blade and the rip fence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2009
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Applicant: CREDO TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: ANDREW FROLOV, JASON FELDNER, JIM BOHN
  • Publication number: 20110048203
    Abstract: A workpiece supporting device of a circular sawing machine includes a base frame for rotatably supporting a worktable and having an arcuate surface region which defines an angularly extending guiding route. A platform is disposed on and is movable along the guiding route, and has an upper mounting surface that cooperates with the worktable to support a workpiece. A tightening mechanism is displaceable between unmovable and movable positions, where the platform is brought into tight and loose engagements with the arcuate surface region. An actuator is coupled with the tightening mechanism is operable to displace the tightening mechanism. The platform is movable along the guiding route when the tightening mechanism is in the movable position such that the worktable is turnable within a relatively large angular range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2009
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: P & F Brother Industrial Corporation
    Inventors: Chia-Hsin Cheng, Mei-Lan Kao
  • Publication number: 20110041666
    Abstract: A cutting device includes a positioning mechanism for positioning a cutting unit at a plurality of tilt angles including a first tilt angle and a second tilt angle in a left direction and/or a right direction. The first tilt angle is larger than the second tilt angle. A setting state for the first tilt angle is reset to a setting state for the second tilt angle when a positioning state at the first tilt angle is released.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2010
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Syuji AOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20110041665
    Abstract: A miter saw which prevents deterioration in perpendicularity of a cutting blade to the upper surface of a base part when slide of a pipe is regulated by pressing a pipe. In a miter saw, a pair of pipes support a cutting part, on one end side. On the other end side, the pipes are surrounded and supported slidably by a first slide support part of a support member of a turntable. A virtual plane including the axes of the pair of pipes is substantially parallel to the pivotal direction of a disc saw blade. A first screw is screwed in the first slide support part. An end part of the first screw contacts and presses a pipe. This end part is engaged with the pipe so as to restrict slide of the pipe relative to the first slide support part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2010
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Inventors: Shigeharu Ushiwata, Hideaki Terashima, Ryuichi Imamura, Toshihiko Hayashizaki
  • Patent number: 7882771
    Abstract: A dust-collecting device for collecting cutting chips produced by a cutting device has a separator for separating the cutting chips from the carrier air by utilizing the force of gravity upon the cutting chips. A dust container collects the cutting chips separated by the separator. The separator includes a separator body having a cutting chip discharge pipe and an air discharge pipe. After separation the carrier air is discharged upward from the separator body via the air discharge pipe. The separated cutting chips are discharge downward from the separator body via the cutting chip discharge pipe. The dust container is connected to the cutting chip discharge pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Makita Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Sasaki, Masahiko Ono, Taiju Tsuboi, Manabu Tokunaga, Shinji Hirabayashi, Toshiyuki Kani, Syuji Aoyama
  • Patent number: 7866239
    Abstract: Elevation mechanisms for table saws are disclosed. Embodiments include mechanisms with an elevation carriage, a trunnion structure, and a shaft with a cantilevered portion. The shaft can be fixed to one of the elevation carriage and trunnion structure, and the other of the elevation carriage and trunnion structure slides on the cantilevered portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: SD3, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen F. Gass, J. David Fulmer, David A. Fanning
  • Patent number: 7861633
    Abstract: An angular adjustment apparatus for a miter saw having a base and a turntable mounted to the base and rotatable around a generally centrally located axis, the turntable having a handle portion for rotating the turntable relative to the base. The apparatus includes an arcuate rack gear positioned on the base, and an elongated adjustment mechanism associated with the handle portion. The adjustment mechanism includes a pinion gear configured to engage the rack gear when brought into contact therewith, and a control wheel operatively connected to the pinion gear. The control wheel is rotatable around an axis concentric with the pinion gear and moveable along the concentric axis to cause the pinion gear to selectively engage and disengage the rack gear, wherein rotation of the control wheel while the pinion gear is engaged with the rack gear causes the turntable to rotate relative to the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Mark S. Talesky, Wolfgang Hirschburger
  • Patent number: 7854187
    Abstract: A rotary worktable positioning structure used in a miter saw is disclosed to include a first positioning unit controllable by biasing a handle to lock the worktable to the machine base or to unlock the worktable for free rotation, and a second positioning unit controllable by rotating a switching wheel to move a lock pin into one of a number of locating holes on the periphery of the machine base and to further lock the worktable in one of a number of predetermined cutting angles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: Durq Machinery Corp.
    Inventors: Chia-Sheng Liu, Yi-Li Cheng
  • Patent number: 7849774
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to a power compound miter saw having miter angle as well as bevel angle adjustment capabilities, with sensing units that can measure the angular position of the miter table relative to the base as well as the bevel angle of the blade relative to the table. Such sensing units generate position signals that can be used to provide a digital display of the miter and bevel angles to a high degree of accuracy. Moreover, the embodiments utilize mechanisms which enable a user to tighten the pivot connections of the table and the base as well as the pivot connection between the table and the bevel pivot support housing without damaging the sensing units. The sensing units are configured and mounted in such a way as to not interfere with access to the nut which can be rotated to vary the amount of friction between the adjacent components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Roberts Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Stephen C. Oberheim
  • Patent number: 7845260
    Abstract: A miter saw has a base, a turntable, a cutting unit, and a support unit. The base supports a workpiece thereon. The base has an rotation center. The turntable is supported by the base and rotatable about the rotation center. The cutting unit rotatably supports a saw blade. The support unit is provided to the turntable for pivotally movably supporting the cutting unit over the turntable. The turntable has: a main body and an extension member. The main body is provided with an outer periphery and an upper surface having an imaginary line onto which the saw blade is pivoted down. The extension member extends outwardly from the outer periphery in a first direction of the imaginary line for rotating the main body. The extension member is movable with respect to the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideaki Terashima, Shigeharu Ushiwata
  • Publication number: 20100294100
    Abstract: The present invention is directed toward a system for forming miter joints including a miter saw and an angle gauge. The miter saw includes a platform with a kerf slot and a pair of arcuate slots. Each arcuate slot includes an associated rail located on the underside of the platform. A fence is coupled to each of the rails such that the fence may be pivoted with respect to the platform. The angle measurement tool is a one-handed tool including spring loaded paddles that measure the angle between intersecting surfaces. The angle measurement tool connects to the miter saw to permit the transfer of the measured angle to the fences.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2010
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Applicant: STANLEY BLACK AND DECKER
    Inventors: Louis Gibbons, Gregory S. Snider, Frederick R. Bean, Terry L. Turner, Steven McClaskey, Robert H. Gifford
  • Patent number: 7823293
    Abstract: The present invention provides a plunge-cut action circular saw having a double pivot hinge mechanism. Problems associated with this hinge mechanism, in particular axial end flow are reduced by urging a component of the hinge against a fixed component of the saw, such as a base plate component or the like. The urging force is applied by a resilient member, such as a spring washer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Neil Walmsley, Mike Wilson
  • Publication number: 20100263511
    Abstract: The invention relates to apparatus for providing for the powered cutting of a workpiece, typically in the form of a planar or sheet material. The apparatus includes a rotatable blade to cut the workpiece and the blade is mountable such as in a first mode of use to be capable of being held in a fixed position in which the workpiece is moved past the blade, and a second mode of use in which the blade is moved with respect to the workpiece to cut the same. The workpiece is mounted on a base and the blade is mounted with respect to the base via one or more slide members (68, 76).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2008
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Inventor: Robert Firth
  • Patent number: 7802505
    Abstract: A power tool includes a housing assembly having a housing portion and an arm extending upwardly from the housing portion. The arm has an outer surface. The power tool also includes a drive unit supported by the arm. The drive unit is operable to drive a tool element to work on a work piece. The power tool further includes a collection assembly operable to collect debris generated by the tool element working on the work piece. The collection assembly includes a collection chute assembly having an inlet and an outlet. The collection chute assembly is positionable on the arm to define, between the inlet and the outlet, a first path for debris around one side of the outer surface of the arm and a second path for debris around the other side of the outer surface of the arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
    Inventors: Jason D. Hetcher, Mark D Willer, Dennis J. Cerney, William A. Elger, Harold L. Papenfuss, Daryl S. Richards, David R. Bauer, Edward T. Gisske, Edward A. Raleigh, Michael E. Weber, Eric Fernandes, David Hlavac, Troy C. Thorson, Michael L. Welliver
  • Patent number: 7770501
    Abstract: A miter saw having a cutting portion movable toward and away from a base and laterally tiltable for bevel cutting. A gear case is provided at the cutting portion and is positioned at one lateral side of the cutting portion. A bearing holder is provided in the gear case for holding a bearing which rotatably supports a spindle for a circular saw blade. The bearing holder has a thickness smaller than an axial length of the bearing. A first bearing nip member in contact with one axial end of the bearing is fixed to one side of the bearing holder, and a second bearing nip member in contact with another axial end of the bearing is fixed to another side of the bearing holder. These nip members are made from a material having a mechanical strength higher than that of the bearing holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiromi Ozawa, Kouji Takase, Hiroyuki Saitou
  • Patent number: 7757593
    Abstract: A miter saw having a laterally tiltable cutting portion and a fence unit that supports a workpiece without mechanical interference with the cutting portion regardless of its laterally tilting posture. A left fence unit and a right fence unit are provided on a base portion. The left fence includes a fixed left fence, a first left subordinate fence pivotally movably connected to the fixed left fence, and a second left subordinate fence pivotally movably connected to the fixed left fence. The first left subordinate fence is moved to a first position outside of a first titling region of the cutting portion, and to a second position outside of the first tilting region and a second tilting region in which a tilting angle of the cutting portion is greater than that in the first tilting region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouji Takase, Hiromi Ozawa, Hiroyuki Saitou
  • Patent number: 7726225
    Abstract: A miter saw includes a base section on which a workpiece is mounted, a saw blade section supporting a circular saw blade having a rotation axis extending in a lateral direction, a holder shaft extending in a direction perpendicular to the rotation axis, a holder tiltable about the holder shaft, two parallel guide bars disposed slidable with respect to the holder and extending toward the rotation axis, a support segment fixed to the guide bars and supporting the saw blade section, a pivot shaft disposed between the saw blade section and the support segment and extending in parallel with the rotation axis so that the saw blade section is pivotable about the pivot shaft, and a holder fixing mechanism that fixes a tilting posture of the holder and includes an operation member supported to the holder and having a rotatable shaft passing through a space between the two guide bars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryuichi Imamura, Shigeharu Ushiwata
  • Patent number: 7721633
    Abstract: A portable, double bevel, combination table saw and slide miter saw comprising a horizontally disposed working platform with an elongated slot, is supported by a frame. A saw assembly is pivotably mounted beneath the working platform, with a saw blade that protrudes through the slot to cut a workpiece on the platform whereby stationary workpiece operations as well as moving workpiece operations may be executed. The stationary workpiece operations are executed from one side of the platform, and moving workpiece operations are executed from the opposite side of the platform, with separate appropriate controls on each side. The possibility of interference between saw assembly parts and the underside of the work platform inherent in double bevel configurations is avoided by the self-adjustment of the maximum depth for the workpiece bevel cuts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Inventor: Stanley E. Gaw
  • Patent number: 7703366
    Abstract: A gear and shaft assembly that translates the bevel of a power tool to an indicator more easily readable by an operator provides a front bevel indicator and locking mechanism. A locking mechanism is conveniently placed within reach of the operator and directly controls the motion of the gear assembly. The front bevel indicator may provide a higher resolution of the tilt angle by selection of the various gear ratios of the gears that translate the bevel position of the power tool mounted in the rear to the front of the mount of the power tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Jaime Garcia, Vance Roe
  • Publication number: 20100058909
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a miter saw which includes a turntable, an elongate coupling mechanism pivotally mounted with respect to the turntable about a bevel axis to adjust to a bevel angle and a saw unit pivotally connected to the elongate coupling mechanism for movement between a non-cutting position and a cutting position. An angle enlarging mechanism is disposed between the turntable and the elongate coupling mechanism which is used for conveniently reading the bevel angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2008
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Inventor: Shaodong Chen
  • Patent number: 7673548
    Abstract: A cutting workstation which includes a miter gauge. The miter gauge consists of a clamping means whereby the gauge may be fixed to any location upon the length of cutting station work surface. The miter gauge arm is hinged to clamping means by a plate which may be rotated and then fixed at any angle. The arm is extendable and at its distal end exhibits a T shaped plate and fence which itself may be rotated to any angle. The ability to fix the miter gauge at any position along the cutting station work surface along with two means of adjusting angles allows the fence to guide the work piece at virtually any angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Inventor: William Kelly
  • Patent number: 7673547
    Abstract: A miter saw including a base, a turntable, and a circular saw unit supported to the turntable. A turntable is rotatable about its axis, and a rotation limit mechanism is provided for limiting rotation of the turntable at a predetermined angle such as 45 degrees. A rotation amount detection unit is provided for detecting rotation amount of the turntable. A control unit is provided for displaying the rotation angle at a display. The control unit computes correction value that makes a rotation angle to be displayed at the display to be coincident with the predetermined rotation angle when the turntable is rotated to the predetermined rotation angle. The rotation angle is computed based on the correction value and on the rotation amount detected by the rotation amount detection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Assignee: Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideaki Terashima, Nobuhiro Takano, Yoshikazu Kawano
  • Patent number: 7669510
    Abstract: A miter saw having a holder fixing mechanism for fixing a pivot posture of a holder. The holder supports a support section on which a saw blade section is pivotally movably supported. The holder is laterally pivotally movable about a holder shaft to change angle of a side surface of a circular saw blade relative to an upper surface of a base. The holder fixing mechanism includes a clamp bolt whose axis is directed perpendicular to the holder shaft and in parallel with the side surface of the circular saw blade. By the rotation of the clamp bolt about its axis, a fixing relationship between the holder and the base section is established.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryuichi Imamura, Shigeharu Ushiwata
  • Publication number: 20100005939
    Abstract: A table saw includes a base assembly, a table assembly supported by the base assembly, a saw assembly connected to at least one of the base assembly and the table assembly, the saw assembly having a blade extending through the table assembly, a height adjustment assembly for adjusting the height of the blade, the height adjustment assembly comprising a height adjustment wheel, and bevel adjustment assembly for adjusting the bevel angle of the blade, the bevel adjustment assembly comprising a bevel adjustment wheel. The height and bevel adjustment wheels are disposed at the front of the base assembly. The position of the height and bevel adjustment wheels relative to the front of the base assembly does not change regardless of the blade height and bevel angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2008
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Inventors: Jeremy J. Burke, Jaime E. Garcia, Jeffrey D. Weston, Craig A. Carroll, Peter Chaikowsky
  • Patent number: 7617754
    Abstract: A sawing machine having an angle indicator has a worktable, a pivot shaft, a saw blade holder fastened to the pivot shaft as the pivoting center thereof and having a motor, and a saw blade connected to the saw blade holder, rotatable by the motor and passing through the worktable. The angle indicator has an angle indicating member having an index zone and a following member. The following member is fixed on the pivot shaft and connected to the angle indicating member. Thereby the saw blade is moved with the saw blade holder, and the following member is pivoted with the saw blade holder by the pivot shaft to result in movement of the index zone when the saw blade holder pivots, so that the displacement of the index zone corresponds to the movement of the saw blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Assignee: Rexon Industrial Corporation Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu-Chuan Lung, Cheng-Hung Chiu
  • Publication number: 20090260496
    Abstract: A sawmill having a carriage 1 for moving a saw between two points, the saw having a cutting blade 11 which can move between a substantially vertical cutting position and a substantially horizontal cutting position, the sawmill having a board removal system comprising a deflector flap 23 mounted adjacent the cutting blade 11 such that when a board has been cut from a log 13 by the sawmill that board is moved from the log by the deflector flap 23 as another board is being cut from the log 13 adjacent the first mentioned board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Inventor: Karl Jacob Peterson
  • Patent number: 7587967
    Abstract: A circular saw having a machine frame having a table board and a swivel frame arranged underneath the table board, which is swiveled about a swivel axis coplanar with the top side of the table board. The swivel frame accommodates a height adjustable tool bracket carrying at least one cutting tool engaging an associated slot in the table board. The swivel frame in the region of its ends is swivel-suspended on bearing brackets which are mountable on the bottom side of the table board, and are swiveled by an articulated adjusting rod. The tool bracket is height adjusted by an adjusting element which is arranged in driving linkage with an extendable articulated shaft. The adjusting rod and the articulated shaft are operated by cranks mounted on the operating side of the machine frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Assignee: Scheppach Fabrikation von Holzbearbeitungsmaschinen GmbH
    Inventor: Reinhold Bauer
  • Patent number: 7574950
    Abstract: A saw, such as a chop saw, a miter saw, a sliding saw, a compound miter saw, etc. In some constructions, the saw may include a miter adjustment assembly including a coarse adjustment assembly and a fine adjustment assembly. In some constructions, the saw may include a bevel adjustment assembly including a brake mechanism and a bevel detent assembly. In some constructions, the saw may include a dust collection assembly including a dust chute defining a dust both around the bevel arm. In some constructions, the saw may include a table having a top wall with a peripheral rim and a side wall depending from the top wall, and a base defining an opening in which the side wall is received and a ledge above which the rim is positioned. In some constructions, the saw may include elastomeric material covering a portion of the base, such as a bottom surface, a lateral surface, a grip surface, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
    Inventors: Jason D. Hetcher, Mark D. Willer, Dennis J. Cerney, William A. Elger, Harold L. Papenfuss, Daryl S. Richards, David R. Bauer, Edward T. Gisske, Edward A. Raleigh, Michael E. Weber, Eric Fernandes, David Hlavac, Troy C. Thorson, Michael L. Welliver
  • Publication number: 20090199689
    Abstract: A power tool includes a base, a table supported by the base for pivoting movement about an axis, a coarse adjustment assembly between the base and the table, and a fine adjustment assembly between the base and the table. The fine adjustment assembly includes a rotating member supported by one of the base and the table, and an engagement surface provided by the other of the base and the table. The rotating member is selectively engageable with and rotatable along the engagement surface to finely adjust the angular position of the table relative to the base. The angular position of the table relative to the base is coarsely adjustable using the coarse adjustment assembly when the rotating member is disengaged from the engagement surface. The fine adjustment assembly disengages the coarse adjustment assembly and maintains the coarse adjustment assembly disengaged when the rotating member is engaged with the engagement surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2009
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Inventors: Jason D. Hetcher, Mark D. Willer, William A. Elger, Harold L. Papenfuss, Daryl S. Richards, David R. Bauer, Michael E. Weber, Eric X. Fernandes, David Hlavac, Michael L. Welliver, Daniel H. Schneider
  • Patent number: 7562610
    Abstract: An improved chop saw may include a base assembly, a blade assembly including a blade having a center and a motor for driving the blade, an arm pivotally attached to the base assembly and carrying the blade assembly, the blade assembly being movable between a lower position for engaging and cutting a workpiece disposed on the base, and an upper position not engaging the workpiece. The chop saw further includes a vise for holding the workpiece in place, the vise including a vise screw, a latch support supporting the vise screw, and a vise jaw disposed at the end of the vise screw. Preferably, the maximum distance between the vise jaw and the latch support is about equal or shorter than the distance between the blade center and the latch support, when the blade assembly is at the lower position. Further the chop saw includes a substantially horizontal handle connected to the blade assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: John E. Dibbern, Jr., Daniel L. Krout, Daniel H. Montague, Robert P. Welsh
  • Patent number: 7552666
    Abstract: A sawing machine includes a base, a saw arm assembly pivotally connected to the base and having a L-shaped groove defined therein, a saw blade pivotally mounted to the saw arm assembly, a handle pivotally mounted to the L-shaped groove of the saw arm assembly for rotatable movement relative to the saw arm assembly, and a locking mechanism mounted to the handle for locking the handle to the saw arm assembly. Before operation, the handle is adjusted to the best angle that the user can conveniently apply the force, so that the user can operate the sawing machine easily and conveniently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Assignee: Durq Machinery Corp.
    Inventors: Chia-Sheng Liu, Chieh-Yuan Tsai
  • Patent number: 7549360
    Abstract: An obliquely inclined position determining mechanism has an intermediate base rotatable relative to both a support base and a pivotal base of a pivotal support of a cutting device. A fixing device is operable to releasably fix the intermediate base in position relative to the support base or the pivotal base. An adjustable screw is operable to accurately determine the rotational position of the intermediate base relative to the pivotal base or the support base at least when the saw unit has been pivoted to a target obliquely inclined position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignee: Makita Corporation
    Inventor: Syuji Aoyama
  • Patent number: 7530297
    Abstract: A miter saw has a remotely actuated bevel angle locking system and a bevel angle adjustment assistance system with a remote override actuator so that the user does not need to reach around to the back of the miter saw to adjust the bevel angle. The remote actuator for the bevel angle locking system can be provided on the front of the miter saw's turntable to form a suite of actuators with the miter lock and miter detent override lever. The remote override actuator for the bevel angle adjustment assistance system can be provided on the handle in proximity to the power switch. Also disclosed is a bevel angle adjustment assistance system in which each of the preset bevel angles can be fine tuned simultaneously and which exhibits other advantages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2009
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Craig Allen Carroll, Brent Edward Stafford
  • Patent number: 7530298
    Abstract: A sawmill having a saw blade 11 which can move between a substantially horizontal cutting position and a substantially vertical cutting position, the sawmill having a control arm 14 which operates to move the blade between the substantially horizontal and vertical cutting positions, the control arm 14 being mounted for pivotal movement about an axis 15, there being mechanism 18 which acts against the control arm in a substantially linear manner, wherein movement of the mechanism causes the control 14 arm to pivot about the axis 15 and move the blade 11 between the cutting positions. The sawmill may have a deflector in the form of a flap mounted adjacent the blade to deflect a cut board from the log as the next board is being cut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2009
    Inventor: Karl Jacob Peterson
  • Patent number: 7523691
    Abstract: A miter saw capable of displaying a specific rotation angle of a turntable and a specific tilting angle of a circular saw blade when the turntable is moved to a position within a predetermined specific rotation angle range and when the circular saw blade is moved to a position within a predetermined specific tilting angle range, respectively. Normally, a digital display displays the rotation angle at a rate of a predetermined display unit rotation angle which is an integral multiple of a predetermined unit rotation angle corresponding to a single pulse. However, if the turntable is moved to the position within the predetermined specific rotation angle range, the specific rotation angle which is not the integral multiple of the predetermined display unit rotation angle is displayed at the digital display. The same is true with respect to the tilting angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2009
    Assignee: Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideaki Terashima, Yoshikazu Kawano, Nobuhiro Takano
  • Patent number: 7503246
    Abstract: A slide type miter saw capable of easily switching operation mode between groove forming mode and ordinary cutting mode without generation of fluffs and cracks at an upper surface of a workpiece. A circular-saw unit supporting a circular saw blade has a first stopper bolt abuttable on a stopper receiver on a support unit for determining the lowermost position of the circular saw blade. The circular-saw unit also has a second stopper bolt for forming a groove of a desired depth in the workpiece. The second stopper bolt is movable with respect to the first stopper bolt. The stopper receives supports a pivot member or a plate. The pivot member or the plate is abuttable on the second stopper bolt in accordance with a moved position of the second stopper bolt for regulating a depth of a groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2009
    Assignee: Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryuichi Imamura, Takamoto Horiuchi, Shigeharu Ushiwata
  • Patent number: 7469621
    Abstract: A table saw includes a worktable, a base supporting the worktable, a rotary saw blade extending through a cutting slot of the worktable, a saw blade holder pivotally disposed inside the base and mounting with the rotary saw blade, and an indicator having a scale member mounted to the table saw, and a connecting member. The connecting member has a first end connected to a non-pivotal point of the saw blade holder, and a second end connected to the scale member. When the saw blade holder is rotated, the saw blade holder results in a displacement of the saw blade and a movement of the scale member corresponding to the displacement of the saw blade through actuation of the connecting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2008
    Assignee: Rexon Industrial Corporation Ltd
    Inventor: Jung-Huo Chen
  • Publication number: 20080289469
    Abstract: A sawing angle sensing device for a sawing machine includes at least a support frame, a sensing head, an induction plate and a display module. The support frame has one side secured on the rotatable base of a sawing machine for rotating and swinging together with the rotatable base. The sensing head is fixed at the other side of the support frame and actuated to swing by the support frame. The induction plate is disposed at a corresponding location of the sensing head, having its surface provided with a successive signal set made of plural induction members. Thus, the sensing head can always correspond to the induction members and sense the shifting signals of the induction members. The display module is provided with a microchip set to receive signals and collate the signals and then output an angle tilt signal to be shown on a digital display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2007
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Inventor: Bor-Yann Chuang
  • Publication number: 20080257126
    Abstract: On a panel sizing circular saw for machining panel shaped material, comprising a machine frame (1) on which provision is made for a stationary table top (2) and, adjacent to the latter, a sliding table (5) which is slidable in a direction parallel to the cutting direction, and further comprising a tilting frame (7) arranged underneath the table, which is tiltable about a tilting axis coplanar with the top surface of the table and extending in cutting direction, on which tilting frame (7) provision is made for a slide (8) which is vertically adjustable by means of a lifting mechanism (11) arranged on the said tilting frame (7), such slide (8) carrying at least one drivable cutting tool (3) extending through an associated slot in the table top (2), ergonomic operability can be achieved in that the lifting mechanism (11) accommodated on the tilting frame (7) associated with the slide (8) is connected via a telescopically adjustable articulated shaft (13) with an intermediate drive (14) arranged in a direction tr
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Applicant: Scheppach Fabrikation von Holzbearbeitungsmaschinen GmbH
    Inventor: Reinhold BAUER
  • Patent number: 7430949
    Abstract: A circular saw includes a work table, and an angle adjustment device mounted on the work table. The angle adjustment device includes an outer tube, a drive block, an inner rod, a drive gear, a fixed rod, a push barrel, and a driving unit. Thus, the user can rotate the handgrip of the outer tube at the front side of the work table to change and adjust the tilt or bevel angle of the pivot arm directly, thereby facilitating the user adjusting the tilt angle of the pivot arm. In addition, the user can rotate the handgrip of the outer tube easily and conveniently, so that the tilt angle of the pivot arm is adjusted exactly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Assignee: Rexon Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Cheng Hung Chiu
  • Patent number: 7395745
    Abstract: A power tool with a base assembly, and a table supported by the base assembly, where the table has a workpiece supporting surface. A saw assembly is pivotably supported by the table via a trunnion assembly. The table includes a post having a first curved surface having a first radius. The trunnion has a first surface contacting the first curved surface. The trunnion is movable along the first curved surface. The first radius is larger than the distance between the first surface and the workpiece supporting surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2008
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Robert S. Gehret, Torrey R. Lambert
  • Publication number: 20080092709
    Abstract: A portable, double bevel, combination table saw and slide miter saw comprising a horizontally disposed working platform with an elongated slot, is supported by a frame. A saw assembly is pivotably mounted beneath the working platform, with a saw blade that protrudes through the slot to cut a workpiece on the platform whereby stationary workpiece operations as well as moving workpiece operations may be executed. The stationary workpiece operations are executed from one side of the platform, and moving workpiece operations are executed from the opposite side of the platform, with separate appropriate controls on each side. The possibility of interference between saw assembly parts and the underside of the work platform inherent in double bevel configurations is avoided by the self-adjustment of the maximum depth for the workpiece bevel cuts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2006
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Inventor: Stanley E. Gaw
  • Publication number: 20080083313
    Abstract: A circular-saw elevating and lowering device for a table saw includes a main rod, a worm and a moving up-and-down block. The main rod is pivotally connected in a saw base pivotally connected in a base of the table saw, and a main bevel gear fixed on an end of the main rod. The worm has one end pivotally connected to the saw base, and the other end fixed with a subordinate bevel gear engaging with the main bevel gear. Further, the moving up-and-down block is threadably combined with the worm, which has its upper end fixed with a separating plate and its front end fixed with a circular saw unit. When the main rod is rotated, both the circular saw unit and the separating plate can be moved up or down synchronously, with the gap between the saw unit and the separating unit always kept the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2006
    Publication date: April 10, 2008
    Inventor: Bor-Yann Chuang
  • Patent number: RE41320
    Abstract: A miter saw. The saw includes a base on which a scale disk is connected and a bench is rotatably connected on the disk. An angle position device is connected to the bench. Notches are defined in an underside of the scale disk and the angle position device is engaged with one of the notches. A position member is movably connected to the body of the angle position device and a lever is connected to the position member which is pushed to contact a periphery of the scale disk to position the scale disk. A connection member is connected to the bench and a circuit saw assembly is pivotally connected to the connection member. A handle on the circular saw assembly can be pulled out and rotated to adjust an angle thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Rexon Industrial Corp., Ltd.
    Inventors: Cheng-Chou Lo, Yung-Chiang Ku
  • Patent number: RE41857
    Abstract: A cutting device includes a base, a swivel seat rotatably mounted on the base and having a first end and a second end, and a blade holder releasably engaged with the second end of the swivel seat. A blade is rotatably held by the blade holder. The blade holder is pivotable relative to the swivel seat for cutting when the blade holder is engaged with the second end of the swivel seat. An inclination of the blade relative to the swivel seat is adjustable when the blade holder is disengaged from the second end of the swivel seat. An operative rod is mounted to the first end of the swivel seat and operably connected to the blade holder for controlling releasable engagement between the blade holder and the swivel seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventor: Lee-Cheng Chang