SAW TABLE INSERT

• US 3,581,784 A
• Filed: 11/21/1969
• Issued: 06/01/1971
• Est. Priority Date: 11/21/1969
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Delta International Machinery Corp. (Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Edward C. Warrick, Emerson Berends
• Inventors: Warrick, Edward C., Berends, Emerson
• Application Number:
  US04/871,364
• Time in Patent Office: 557 Days
• US Class Current: 83/477.1
• CPC Class Codes: B23D 45/068 the saw blade being adjustable according to depth or angle of cut B23D45/061, B23D45/065 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B23D 47/025 of tables
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 83/7726 By movement of the tool

Abstract

Table saw blade opening closure plate means providing means for levelling adjustment from above the work table by the operator standing in operating position.

Claims

1. In a motorized table saw including a work support table having a through blade opening therein and a saw blade mounted for raising and lowering movement through said blade opening a table insert and mount for closing said opening closely around said saw blade comprising through tapped support ears extending into said blade opening at spaced intervals along the underside thereof an insert plate shaped to fit said blade opening and having a blade passage therethrough dimensioned to closely but freely pass the blade side faces and respective countersunk screw openings spaced around its edges in position to mate with the tapped openings of said ears, mounting bushings of deformable elastomeric material interposed between said ears and the opposing underside areas of said insert plate, and securing screws passing downwardly through said countersunk screw openings and said bushings into threaded engagement with said tapped support ears, said securing screws when threaded into said ears being adapted to compress said respective bushings to varying degrees necessary to yieldingly secure said insert plate in said table opening with its exposed upper face level with the work surface of said table.