Miter lock assembly for miter saws

A power tool comprising: a base assembly (10); a fixed table (16), wherein the fixed table is pivotally attached to the base assembly; a rotatable table (17) rotatably disposed on the fixed table; a saw assembly (20) supported by the rotatable table, wherein the fixed table (16) is movable between a...

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Main Author GEHRET ROBERT S.,EMBREE PAUL M.,WELSH ROBERT P
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 18.01.2006
Subjects
BROACHING
FILING
LIKE OPERATIONS FOR WORKING METAL BY REMOVING MATERIAL, NOTOTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
MACHINE TOOLS
METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
PLANING
SAWING
SCRAPING
SHEARING
SLOTTING
TRANSPORTING
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Summary:A power tool comprising: a base assembly (10); a fixed table (16), wherein the fixed table is pivotally attached to the base assembly; a rotatable table (17) rotatably disposed on the fixed table; a saw assembly (20) supported by the rotatable table, wherein the fixed table (16) is movable between a first position where the saw assembly (20) is disposed above the fixed table, and a second position where the saw assembly is disposed below the fixed table, and wherein the fixed table has a first plane for supporting a workpiece when in the first position, and a second plane for supporting the workpiece when in the second position; and a miter lock assembly (40) comprising a housing attached to the rotatable table, and a knob (42K) engaging the housing, wherein the location of the rotatable table relative to the fixed table is locked when the knob is moved along a direction substantially perpendicular to at least one of the fixed table and the rotatable table; whereby the miter lock assembly (40) is coplanar or below the second plane when the fixed table (16) is in the second position.
Bibliography:Application Number: CN200510089601