Mitre saw with top table

• Main Authors: SPINELLI PIERLUIGI, PARKS JAMES R, NETZLER SION
• Format: Patent
• Language: Chinese; English
• Published: 01.09.2010
• Subjects: BROACHING; COMBINATIONS OR ASSOCIATIONS OF METAL-WORKING MACHINES, NOTDIRECTED TO A PARTICULAR RESULT; COMPONENTS OR ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; DETAILS, COMPONENTS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR MACHINE TOOLS, e.g.ARRANGEMENTS FOR COPYING OR CONTROLLING; FILING; LIKE OPERATIONS FOR WORKING METAL BY REMOVING MATERIAL, NOTOTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; MACHINE TOOLS; MACHINE TOOLS IN GENERAL CHARACTERISED BY THE CONSTRUCTION OFPARTICULAR DETAILS OR COMPONENTS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NAILING OR STAPLING MACHINES IN GENERAL; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PLANING; SAWING; SAWS FOR WOOD OR SIMILAR MATERIAL; SCRAPING; SHEARING; SLOTTING; TRANSPORTING; WORKING OR PRESERVING WOOD OR SIMILAR MATERIAL

A mitre saw with top table comprises a base assembly (102, 104) connected to a mounting portion (110); a motor unit (118) connected to a motor support (208) which is pivotally mounted on the mounting portion (110) to allow the motor unit (118) to pivot towards or away from the base assembly (102, 104) to perform chop cuts; at least one rearward pivotal guard (232) pivotally mounted on the motor unit (118) which can pivot from a first position, where it surrounds at least a portion of the lower edge of a saw blade (120) when mounted on a spindle (289), to a second retracted position, where theportion of the lower edge of the saw blade (120) is exposed; and characterized in that there is further provided a pivotal guard actuating mechanism which moves the at least one rearward pivotal guard (232) from its first enclosed position to its second retracted position.