Guard for a circular table saw

• US 3,105,530 A
• Filed: 10/23/1961
• Issued: 10/01/1963
• Est. Priority Date: 10/23/1961
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Russell E. Peterson
• Original Assignee: Russell E. Peterson
• Inventors: Peterson, Russell E.
• Application Number:
  US04/146,850
• Time in Patent Office: 708 Days
• US Class Current: 83/478
• CPC Class Codes: B27G 19/02 for circular saws
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 83/7734 With guard for tool

Claims

3. A GUARD STRUCTURE FOR A CIRCULAR TABLE SAW WHICH PROJECTS UPWARDLY FROM THE TABLE A PREDETERMINED DISTANCE, SAID STRUCTURE INCLUDING A BAR EXTENDING LENGTHWISE OF THE TABLE ABOVE THE SAME AND THE SAW IN A PLANE LATERALLY ADJACENT THE SAW, SAID BAR HAVING A FLAT FACE ON ONE SIDE, A CLAMPING UNIT HAVING A FLAT BASE PLATE WHICH SLIDABLY ENGAGES THE FLAT FACE OF THE BAR FOR MOVEMENT LENGTHWISE THEREOF, A VERTICAL POST SLIDABLY ENGAGING THE BASE PLATE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE FOR VERTICAL MOVEMENT RELATIVE THERETO, A GUARD UNIT MOUNTED ON THE LOWER END OF THE POST, FLANGES PROJECTING FROM THE OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE BASE PLATE AND ENGAGING THE EDGES OF THE BAR AND POST IN LOCATING RELATIONSHIP, THE BAR AND POST HAVING LONGITUDINAL SLOTS DISPOSED IN INTERSECTING RELATION, A DOUBLEENDED STUD SECURED IN THE BASE PLATE AND PROJECTING THROGH THE SLOTS, AND NUTS ON THE OUTER ENDS OF THE STUD ENGAGING THE BAR AND POST.