CHAINSAW CHAINS

• Main Authors: Heath, Peter R, Springer, John J, Pangerc, James E, Blair, Ian H.A, Gibson, Carter A, Moeller, Scott T
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 29.02.2024
• Subjects: BROACHING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; COMPONENTS OR ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; DRESSING OR CONDITIONING OF ABRADING SURFACES; FEEDING OF GRINDING, POLISHING, OR LAPPING AGENTS; FILING; GRINDING; LIKE OPERATIONS FOR WORKING METAL BY REMOVING MATERIAL, NOTOTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; MACHINE TOOLS; MACHINES, DEVICES, OR PROCESSES FOR GRINDING OR POLISHING; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NAILING OR STAPLING MACHINES IN GENERAL; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PLANING; POLISHING; SAWING; SAWS FOR WOOD OR SIMILAR MATERIAL; SCRAPING; SHEARING; SLOTTING; SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; TRANSPORTING; WELDING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM; WORKING OR PRESERVING WOOD OR SIMILAR MATERIAL

A chainsaw chain includes a plurality of drive links, a plurality of cutters, and a plurality of rivets. Each drive link includes a drive link body, a rivet hole extending through the drive link body, and a tang configured to engage a drive element of a chainsaw. Each cutter includes a cutter body having a rivet hole extending therethrough, a cutting tooth coupled to an upper portion of the cutter body, a carbide cutting tip coupled to the cutting tooth, a feed limiter coupled to the upper portion of the cutter body and spaced from the cutting tooth, and a gullet defined between the cutting tooth and the feed limiter. The plurality of rivets is received within corresponding rivet holes of the plurality of drive links and the plurality of cutters, to couple the plurality of drive links and the plurality of cutters together.