Quick-detachable blade guard mounting structure

• US 20040011177A1
• Filed: 07/17/2002
• Published: 01/22/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 07/17/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: DurQ Machinery Corp.
• Original Assignee: DurQ Machinery Corp.
• Inventors: Huang, Peter
• Granted Patent: US 6,840,144 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 83/478
• CPC Class Codes: B27G 19/02 for circular saws
• CPC Class Codes: B27G 19/08 Accessories for keeping open the saw kerf, e.g. riving knives or wedge plates
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 83/2077 By kerf entering guide
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 83/732 With guard
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 83/738 Curved or deflecting guide
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 83/773 Work-support includes passageway for tool [e.g., slotted table]
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 83/7734 With guard for tool

Abstract

A quick-detachable blade guard mounting structure includes a mounting frame, a holding down member defining with one side of the mounting frame a gap, a blade guard holder member insertable into the gap, stop means adapted for stopping the blade guard holder member in the gap, a lever pivoted to the holding down member and adapted for moving between a first position to unlock the blade guard holder member and a second position to lock the blade guard holder member.

Claims

1. A quick-detachable blade guard mounting structure comprising:

a mounting frame;

a holding down member provided at one end of said mounting frame and defining with said mounting frame a gap, said holding down member comprising a locating hole;

a blade guard holder member adapted for inserting into said gap between said mounting frame and said holding down member, said blade guard holder member having a mounting hole and at least one stop portion in a lower part thereof;

at least one stop device adapted to stop the at least one stop portion of said flat blade guard holder member to hold said flat blade guard holder member in said gap in a predetermined position where the mounting hole of said flat blade guard holder member is axially aligned with the locating hole of said holding down member;

a lever pivoted to an outer side of said holding down member and moved relative to said holding down member between a first position and a second position, said lever having a first stop portion, which is aligned with the locating hole of said holding down member when said lever moved to said first position, and a second stop portion, which is aligned with the locating hole of said holding down member when said lever moved to said second position;

a locking member provided between said lever and said holding down member, said locking member having a shank and a head at one end of said shank, said shank being engaged into said locating hole of said holding down member when said head stopped at said first stop portion of said lever, said shank being engaged into said mounting hole of said blade guard holder member when said head stopped at said second stop portion of said lever; and

a spring member provided between said holding down member and said lever and adapted for pushing the head of said locking member toward said lever.

2. The quick-detachable blade guard mounting structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein said mounting frame comprises a vertical wall disposed at one side thereof, a first through hole extended through said vertical wall, and a second through hole extended through said vertical wall;

said holding down member comprises a first through hole aimed at the first through hole of said mounting frame, and a second through hole fastened to the second through hole of said mounting frame by a first screw rod and a first nut;

said lever comprises a pivot hole pivotally coupled to the first through hole of said holding down member and the first through hole of said mounting frame by a second screw rod and a second nut.

3. The quick-detachable blade guard mounting structure as claimed in claim 2, wherein said blade guard holder member comprises two longitudinal guide slots arranged in parallel and downwardly extended to a bottom side thereof, said longitudinal guide slots each having a bottom end opened and a top end terminating in the at least one stop portion of said blade guard holder member;

said holding down member comprises two longitudinal blocks protruded from one side thereof around the through holes of said blade guard holder member and adapted for engaging into the longitudinal guide slots of said blade guard holder member to guide said blade guard holder member into said gap between said mounting frame and said holding down member, said longitudinal blocks each having a top stop portion adapted for stopping the at least one stop portion of said blade guard holder member to limit downward movement of said blade guard holder member.

4. The quick-detachable blade guard mounting structure as claimed in claim 2, wherein said lever comprises an arched slot, and a stop strip obliquely downwardly extended from one side thereof adjacent to said arched slot, a first eyeleted stop portion disposed in said stop strip at a lower location relatively farther from the arched slot of said lever, a second eyeleted stop portion disposed in said stop strip at a higher location relatively closer to the arched slot of said lever, and a smoothly arched bearing portion disposed in an opposite end thereof and adapted for stopping said second nut to hold said lever in said first position.

5. The quick-detachable blade guard mounting structure as claimed in claim 4, wherein said lever further comprises a finger strip outwardly extended from a top side thereof.

6. The quick-detachable blade guard mounting structure as claimed in claim 2, further comprising two cushions provided between said mounting frame and said holding down member, said cushions each comprising a center through hole aimed at the locating hole of said holding down member, two side through holes respectively aimed at the through holes of said holding down member and the through holes of said mounting frame and coupled to said screw rods, and a sloping guide face, the sloping guide faces of said cushions defining a substantially hopper-like mouth adapted for guiding said blade guard holder member into said gap between said mounting frame and said holding down member.

7. The quick-detachable blade guard mounting structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein said holding down member comprises a flange extended around said locating hole;

said spring member is a compression spring sleeved onto the shank of said locking member and stopped between the flange of said holding down member and the head of said locking member.