Abstract: A chain saw holder for holding and supporting a chain saw during refueling, repair and other maintenance operations is disclosed. The chain saw holder includes a clamp for clamping to a fixed support such as a work bench, fence post, or tree branch. An extension member extends away from the clamp to a handle bar attachment means which provides a mouth for receiving a portion of the handle bar and releasably gripping the handle bar therein. The attachment means is adapted to provide for pivotal movement of the mouth about an axis generally perpendicular to the extension member so that the gripped portion of the handle bar is received by the mouth and is gripped in any orientation aligned with, oblique to, or perpendicular to the extension member. The chain saw holder is thereby capable of holding and supporting the saw regardless of the orientation of the fixed support or the extension member.

Abstract: A portable band saw assembly adapted to be driven by the rear wheel of a bicycle, the assembly including a base having a frame assembly for supporting a continuous saw blade mounted on a pair of grooved wheels, a wheel guide assembly having wheel rim stabilizing assemblies for supporting the rear wheel of the bicycle and a sprocket hub support including a bracket for camming the rear wheel of the bicycle into engagement with one of the saw blade wheels.

Abstract: A saw carrier assembly has a loop of saw chain and a powered sprocket to drive the saw chain. The assembly also has a saw chain journalling structure having a rotatable circular periphery cooperating with the saw chain to mount the chain to rotate therewith to reduce friction and to resist sawing forces. The saw journalling structure and sprocket cooperate with a saw support structure so that the chain saw extends as a loop around the sprocket and journalling structure. The journalling structure has a thickness less than the kerf produced by the saw to permit a portion of the saw journalling structure to pass into the kerf with negligible interference therewith. This enables a tree to be cut using a saw journalling structure of slightly less diameter than diameter of the tree where it is cut, and reduces frictional losses normally associated with a fixed chain saw support bar.

Abstract: A mechanical, infinitely variable blade speed drive for a band saw is provided with a speed control which includes a variable pitch drive pulley with axially adjustable sheave spacing to vary the drive ratio between the drive pulley and the driven pulley and a control shaft parallel to the drive shaft of the motor which carries the drive pulley. The control shaft extends to the front portion of the band saw so that the speed adjustment control carried thereon is readily accessible to the band saw operator without moving away from the front portion of the band saw during its operation.

Abstract: In guide rollers (2) for band saws, especially for sawing meat and bones, the contact surface (4) is very quickly fouled or soiled by greasy fat, bone meal, etc., which has a disadvantageous effect on the power transmission and the guidance of the band saw blade (3). The contact surface (4) of the guide roller rim which guides the band saw blade, is provided with open passages (7) reaching to the side surfaces (5) of the guide roller rim. Fat and other contaminating material is pressed by the band saw blade into the passages and is flung away from the rotating guide roller (2), whereby a reliable operation of the band saw is assured.

Abstract: A band saw for foodstuffs, especially meat and bones, has a housing with a door and spray nozzles operatively arranged inside said housing for spraying a cleaning liquid or drying air onto all saw components inside said housing. Thus, a complete and thorough cleaning and drying of all saw surfaces inside said housing is possible without any appreciable extra effor or man hours. Simultaneously, the environment of the saw is protected against soiling or wetting by the cleaning operation for the saw.

Abstract: A sawdust shear apparatus to enable cleaning of the band saw of a band mill. The apparatus has a shear to contact the band saw and a housing to carry the shear. A recess is formed within the housing. The apparatus has a base and a piston extends from the base and is received within the recess with a fluid tight, slidable fit. Fluid can be supplied under pressure to the recess to move the shear outwardly from the base to clean the band saw. A spring or the like urges the shear towards the base. The apparatus is effective in cleaning a band saw with very little maintenance or inspection.

Abstract: A cutting device comprises an endless band cutter extending between two pulleys, a sliding piece slidingly contacting with the rear face of the endless band cutter to remove adherent from the endless band cutter, and a side plate so arranged as to separate interlayer extra fringe which has been cut off by the endless band cutter from the circumference defining face of the sheets of plate glass. This arrangement prevents the interlayer extra fringe which has been cut off from being taken up by the pulleys and from getting on the plate glass.

Abstract: An apparatus for the accurate sawing of very hard materials is described, comprising a rigid circular wire saw and an assembly providing support, guidance and drive for the wire saw. A plurality of saw-guides constructed of guide wheels having a rubber circumference bearing surface, are used to support and guide the rigid circular wire saw. In the preferred embodiment, a disk shaped drive wheel, driven by an electric motor, applies frictional pressure and linear impetus to the wire saw, causing it to rotate at high speed. The apparatus may be scaled in size to accommodate any given maximum thickness of workpiece material.

Abstract: A chain saw cutting table comprising a chain saw support table assembly, removable front and rear leg assemblies for the support table assembly, an adjustable chain saw bar support assembly operatively positioned on the support table assembly and a trigger/switch assembly to activate a chain saw secured to the support table assembly and having a connection to the front leg assembly.

Abstract: Band saw apparatus are disclosed which include a drive assembly formed for support and guided movement of a saw blade for cutting of a workpiece, an endless band saw mounted to the drive assembly, and reciprocation apparatus formed for reciprocation of the blade toward and away from the workpiece to enable variation of the force per unit area of the cutting edge of the blade on the workpiece. In the preferred form blade reciprocation is provided by a pair of spaced apart guide assemblies each including independently operable fluid piston-cylinder assemblies coupled to a lever carrying guide blocks which engage the back edge of the saw blade. The guide blocks can be reciprocated by the fluid piston-cylinder assemblies in synchronism or out-of-phase to vary the amplitude, frequency and duration of displacement independently of blade speed and at two locations along a length of the blade so as to produce oscillation as well as simple reciprocation.

Abstract: A machine tool, typically a band saw, has a support carrier or carriage for bearings to journal saw band pulleys, guide attachment elements for saw band guides, attachment elements for a motor, and coupling elements to couple a feeding arrangement to the carrier or carriage; in accordance with the invention, the carrier or carriage is a cast structure essentially and primarily consisting of concrete polymer, into which the respective bearings and attachment elements are cast. The bearings and attchment elements may be formed as metal or plastic plates, sleeves cast into the concrete polymer and the like.

Abstract: A throttle actuating mechanism is employed in conjunction with a chain saw which has a trigger and is mounted for pivotal movement about a rotary axis from a rest position toward a workpiece. The mechanism includes a lever pivoted coaxially with the rotary axis of the chain saw and carrying an adjustable pin. The pin is engaged by the chain saw trigger when the chain saw is pivoted toward the workpiece, whereby the lever pivots in a first direction along with the lever. A spring yieldably opposes pivotal movement of the lever in the first direction, thereby causing the pin to actuate the trigger when the chain saw leaves its rest position. The lever engages a stop while pivoting in the opposite direction and before the chain saw reaches its rest position, whereby the trigger is deactivated when the chain saw is in its rest position.

Abstract: By providing in a carcass saw an easily accessible switch and associated blade-reversing means, serious jamming of the saw-blade and related jumping of the blade out of its guides in the saw are avoided and a return to normal saw operation in minimal time and with minimal damage is assured.

Abstract: Method and machine for cutting by automatic band saw wherein the workpiece is machined in such a manner that the machining tracks of the workpiece describe circular arcs and the cutting edge of the band saw contacts only part of the workpiece to prevent generation of loadings between the teeth of the saw. The oscillating body in which the band saw is housed is held capably of performing oscillating and tilting motions in the left and right and upward-and-downward motions and the band saw descends, performing oscillating and tilting motions, or the latter performs alternately the oscillating and tilting motions with the descending motions repeatedly, to cut the workpiece. Either a crank mechanism or a hydraulic cylinder is used for driving the oscillating and tilting motions, and a hydraulic cylinder and a cam mechanism are used for driving the upward and downward motions.

Abstract: A power tool, is adapted to be driven by an external drive means such as a portable, hand held drill, through a novel gear reduction arrangement in which a selected pinion gear and an idler gear are supported between a gear case cover and the tool frame. The gear reduction arrangement provides for a gear case cover having a support position for a pinion and a plurality of support positions for the idler gear. The idler gear support positions are placed at varying distances from the pinion gear position to accommodate pinion gears of various sizes and numbers of teeth, thereby to permit the tool to be operated at a plurality of gear reduction ratios.

Abstract: A remote control bench mounted chain saw apparatus for cutting firewood, includes a chain saw device having handle, trigger, body and bar chain. Also included is a bench having a first support member with an interdigital slot, a second support member having a cooperating interdigital slot for mating with the first support member to form a cross, and a top member hingedly mounted on one of the support members on a side parallel to its slot, the top member being further adapted to detachably engage the other support member on a side parallel to its slot when the cross is formed to position the top member in a horizontal position. The top member includes means for restraining the handle and body of the chain saw and positioning the saw to permit access to the top of said bar and chain. Finally, remote control means are attached to the trigger of the saw and have an activator positioned remote from the saw and the top member for activation of the saw triggered by pressure applied to the activator.

Abstract: A chain saw stand with means to anchor a chain saw on a top surface thereof with the chain saw blade extending in front of the stand. A pair of pivotally mounted levers are provided which are connected by resilient connecting means. The top lever is disposed generally parallel with and slightly above the chain saw blade and is actuated by the log to be cut by the chain saw. Upon pressure from the log on the top lever, a second lever is pivoted to actuate the chain saw throttle trigger. The resilient connection between the levers permits the lever actuated by the log to continue pivoting until the cutting operation is complete.

Abstract: The band saw comprises two wheels spaced from each other and mounted for rotation on a support. A saw blade is trained under tension about the wheels, one of which is a power driven wheel. The bearing surfaces of both the wheels are provided with grooves which are closed upon themselves and run parallel to one another and to the rims of the wheels. The individual grooves on the one wheel are aligned with the respective opposite grooves on the other wheel in such a way that the planes running through the same are parallel to one another. The grooves, especially at least those two grooves lying opposite to each other on the one and the other wheel in the direction towards the teething of the saw blade and having the same width and the same depth, provide for an excellent bearing and guiding of the saw blade trained about the wheels. The saw blade need not to be aligned, stretched or levelled during the operation.

Abstract: A tension adjustment for a band saw having a band saw blade (30) encircling upper and lower band wheels (26, 28) disposed on opposite sides of the cutting table (12), with the lower band wheel (28) and the drive motor (66) being supported by a housing (50) which is pivotally mounted to the frame structure (10) of the band saw and which can be moved toward and away from the upper band wheel (26) by means of a threaded rod (84) extending between the frame (10) and the housing (50) so that the tension in the band saw blade can be adjusted by pivotal movement of the housing (50) supporting the lower band wheel (28).

Abstract: A powered machine for cutting hard or soft materials such as steel, wood, or the like of comparable hardness, including an endless array of truncated conical teeth affixed end-to-end, longitudinally on a common central axis, the array being disposed about at least two pulleys, at least one of which includes a circumferential recessed track shaped to receive each of the conical teeth. The cutting array is driven around the pulleys in the direction of the larger end (in diameter) of each tooth. The device is capable of cutting one or more pieces of material from any angular direction relative to the plane perpendicular to the central axis of the band of teeth. In one embodiment, the teeth are connected together by movable links which allow for replacement of an individual tooth, if required.

Abstract: A power tool, such as for example a bandsaw, incorporates a synthetic material moulding which is box shaped and mounts on the rear an electric motor and its housing, and on the front inside the box an implement drive mechanism such as a pulley in the case of the bandsaw. One side of the moulding mounts a switch actuating assembly substantially flush with the side by way of an OFF actuating plate pivotably received in a recess in the side and an ON actuating plate underneath the OFF actuating plate. In a preferred embodiment the opposite side to the one carrying the switch actuating assembly is adapted to rigidly support a structural metal spine member.

Abstract: A foldable, hollow tubular frame, having a pair of elongated,spaced-apart legs, supports an elongated shaft rotatable on a horizontal axis at about shoulder level, with a conventional motor driven chain saw removably affixed to the shaft outside one end of the frame in cantilever position. An elongated trough extends horizontally of the frame at about waist level and the lower portion of the frame is anchored, or weighted, to avoid tipping. A control lever handle extends from the shaft alongside the saw, within the frame, so that the operator is on the chain side but out of the chain plane.

Abstract: A vertical bandsaw machine having a feed mechanism with a driving component movable in opposite directions in response to the application thereto of hydraulic fluid pressure. A workpiece engaging element urges the workpiece towards the cutting blade in response to movement of the driving component in one direction, while accommodating movement of the workpiece away from the cutting blade during movement of the driving component in the opposite direction. The application of hydraulic fluid pressure to the driving component is controlled by valves which are both manually adjustable and automatically responsive to the forces opposing workpiece movement towards the cutting blade.

Abstract: A bandsaw wheel having laterally spaced grooves in the periphery thereof. Annular rubber-like members are received in the grooves and protrude therefrom beyond the wheel periphery to provide radial support for a bandsaw blade at a plurality of laterally spaced locations.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for cutting insulating material (e.g., quartz) having a conductive layer on the surface thereof includes the use of a thin copper wire having diamond particles imbedded therein. The wire is moved in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the material. A source of potential is coupled between the wire and the layer, and a liquid solution is supplied between the wire and the conductive layer resulting in electro-erosion of portions of the layer proximate to the wire. A tension sensor detects wire displacements at the quartz cutting site and controls a wire-to-layer gap detector which in turn interrupts the displacement of the insulating material.

Abstract: In the process of producing brochures such as account books, textbooks, notebooks and chits, a back-splitting operation which has hitherto been performed by hand is mechanically executed in such a way that a back-splitting cutter knife is attached to a turnable chain and that the cutter knife is thrust into the back portion of sheets of paper for the brochures, whereby the productivity of the process is enhanced and a sharp reduction in the cost thereof is achieved.

Abstract: A cutting blade for use in paper trimming machines and the like. A beveled surface is included which tapers the first side of the blade toward a second side so as to form an acute angle at the intersection of the second side and the beveled surface. The blade is regularly scalloped along the second side so that the scallops form an acute angle with the beveled surface. The generally serrated cutting edge so formed lies entirely within the plane of the beveled surface. During the cutting operation, the blade is inclined to the cutting plane so that the cutting plane and the plane of the beveled surface are substantially coincident. With the blade thus disposed, the cutting edges all lie within the cutting plane. Tearing and crushing of the paper is thus substantially avoided. The cutting edge so formed can be sharpened without significantly changing the shape of the cutting edge by grinding the beveled surface.

Abstract: For band saw machines, a replaceable surface band wheel is disclosed wherein a helical groove is machined in the peripheral surface of a substantially conventional disk-shaped band wheel of the flanged type to extend from the rear face flange to the non-flanged front face of the band wheel. A wire is wound about the peripheral surface such that the wraps of wire lie in the helical groove and extend radially above the peripheral surface. The wire, so placed, forms an inexpensive replaceable cutting band contact surface. The depth and pitch of the helical groove and the wire size are selected to insure that the wire extends partially above the peripheral surface and to provide space between adjacent wraps of wire so that during cutting operations cutting chips and scale which might otherwise loosen the wire or cause abrasive wear to the band wheel peripheral surface are forced temporarily into the spaces between the wraps of wire.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for removing entrained matter from the intake air of a chain saw internal combustion engine of the type including at least one piston and cylinder, a crank shaft, and a carburetor.The apparatus includes a shroud surrounding at least one end of the crank shaft with an air inlet fashioned into the shroud at a position adjacent to said one end of the crank shaft and an air outlet fashioned into the shroud at a position remote from the air inlet. An air passage opens into the shroud adjacent the crank shaft for providing fluid communication between the interior of the shroud and the carburetor. The crank shaft is provided with a hub having on opposite faces thereof a first and second cascade of radial flow compressor blades to centrifugally impel air and entrained particulate matter away from the crankshaft. The compressor blades serve to remove at least a portion of the entrained matter from the combustion inlet air prior to the air entering the air passage for delivery to the carburetor.

Abstract: The present invention is concerned with a novel and improved cutting mechanism for slicing a flexible sheet that is being advanced endwise continuously to the cutting position. It is particularly advantageous in the slicing of textile materials that are formed continuously as in a carpet making machine, such as those produced by a non-woven bonding procedure described in U.S. Pat. No. 3,657,052.The present invention comprises an endless belt stretched about two sprockets. The cutting elements are secured to the belt at intervals therealong. Supporting guide means are positioned beneath the upper course or stretch of the belt to assure that the cutting edges of the cutting elements carried thereby follow a path lying in the plane of cutting extending transversely of the width of the sheet being sliced. Means is provided to drive the belt alternately in both directions so that these knives can be reciprocated in the plane of cutting.

Abstract: A vibration resistant band wheel for band saw machines wherein an endless cutting band is customarily trained in tension around the peripheral surfaces of spaced band wheels with the back edge of the cutting band acting against a flange extending radially outward from the rear face of the band wheels and the cutting edge of the cutting band overhanding the non-flanged front face of the band wheels. A tire of resilient material is fitted on the peripheral surface of a band wheel having a disc shaped body such that the resiliant material tire lies between the band wheel flange and the non-flanged front face. A metallic cutting band contact tire is fitted on the peripheral surface of the band wheel over the resilient material tire with one edge of the contact tire adjacent the band wheel flange, thereby providing a metallic contact surface for engaging the cutting band. Retainer plates act to hold the resilient material tire and the contact tire on the peripheral surface of the band wheel.

Abstract: A plurality of tubular, spaced apart cutting links are coaxially fastened to a continuous cable and are driven around a plurality of sprockets by a motor driven sprocket. Each cutting link includes cutting teeth at the forward end of the link and a chip or sawdust clearing edge at the rear of the link.

Abstract: A band saw in which a continuous, electrically conductive band having cutting teeth along one edge is mounted about spaced apart support pulleys. A linear induction motor drives the band about the pulleys; the motor has a stationary induction field system as the primary driving element of the motor, mounted in operative relation to the band to drive it about the pulleys, and the band itself constitutes the motor armature.

Abstract: A band saw drive arrangement including relatively large driven and idler pulleys and a relatively small drive pulley. The pulleys are all V-grooved pulleys and are mounted in coplanar relationship for rotation about spaced, parallel axes, with the drive pulley positioned between the driven and idler pulleys. The drive pulley is motor driven and an endless flexible V-belt is trained about the drive and driven pulleys. A V-belt is also secured in the groove of the idler pulley. An endless flexible saw band is trained about the driven and idler pulleys with its inner surface in frictional driving engagement with the outer surfaces of the V-belts.