Saw,such as a miter saw

• Main Authors: MICHAEL L WELLIVER, DAVID HLAVAC, DENNIS J CERNEY, EDWARD A RALEIGH, MICHAEL E WEBER, TROY CHARLES THORSON, JASON D HETCHER, ERIC X FERNANDES, HAROLD L PAPENFUSS, DARYL S RICHARDS, EDWARD T GISSKE, MARK D WILLER, WILLIAM A ELGER, DAVID R BAUER
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 09.07.2008
• Subjects: ACCESSORY MACHINES OR APPARATUS; BROACHING; COMBINATION OR MULTI-PURPOSE TOOLS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR; COMBINATIONS OR ASSOCIATIONS OF METAL-WORKING MACHINES, NOTDIRECTED TO A PARTICULAR RESULT; COMPONENTS OR ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING,CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING; DETAILS OR COMPONENTS OF PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS NOTPARTICULARLY RELATED TO THE OPERATIONS PERFORMED AND NOTOTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; DETAILS, COMPONENTS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR MACHINE TOOLS, e.g.ARRANGEMENTS FOR COPYING OR CONTROLLING; FILING; HAND CUTTING TOOLS; HAND TOOLS; 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; MANIPULATORS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NAILING OR STAPLING MACHINES IN GENERAL; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PLANING; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; SAFETY DEVICES, e.g. THOSE FOR SAWS; SAWING; SAWS FOR WOOD OR SIMILAR MATERIAL; SCRAPING; SEVERING; SHEARING; SLOTTING; TRANSPORTING; WORKING OR PRESERVING WOOD OR SIMILAR MATERIAL

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.