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Saw guard system

  • US 4,721,023 A
  • Filed: 06/20/1986
  • Issued: 01/26/1988
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/20/1986
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. For use with a multipurpose woodworking tool of the type having a motorized headstock with a quill spindle for mounting circular saw blades and the like thereon, a quill supporting said spindle and protruding ouwardly from said headstock, and a saw table having a support frame and a tabletop pivotally mounted thereon, the tabletop having an elongated blade slot therethrough, a saw guard system comprising:

  • a rear portion having a rear face sized to cover a lower portion of a circular tool and means for attaching said rear portion to a headstock quill;

    a front portion having a front face sized to cover a lower portion of a circular tool;

    means for adjustably attaching said rear portion to said front portion to form a pocket therebetwen having an upwardly opening mouth such that said front face is displaceable toward and away from said rear face, whereby said pocket and said mouth may be varied in width to accommodate rotary tools of varying thicknesses therein and provide a minimum clearance between said portions and a rotary tool in said pocket during use; and

    port means communicating at an inner end thereof with said pocket and having an outer end adapted to be attached to vacuum hose means.

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