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Miter saw

  • US 5,392,678 A
  • Filed: 08/25/1993
  • Issued: 02/28/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/27/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A miter saw comprising:

  • a base on which a work is placed;

    a miter saw unit supporting a saw blade and having a motor for rotatably driving said saw blade;

    a support mechanism supporting said miter saw unit relative to said base in such a manner that said miter saw unit is laterally leftwardly and rightwardly pivotable in opposed directions from a vertical position and respectively toward left and right predetermined positions; and

    biasing means interposed between said miter saw unit and said base and defining a biasing force for biasing said miter saw unit in a direction opposite to at least one of said opposed directions of the lateral pivotal movement of said miter saw unit when said miter saw unit is laterally pivoted in said at least one of said opposed directions;

    said biasing force of said biasing means being weaker than the gravitational force acting on the miter saw unit permitting a lateral pivotal movement of said miter saw unit, including said motor, toward a corresponding one of said left and right predetermined positions against said biasing force upon pivotal movement of said miter saw unit in said at least one of said opposed directions from said vertical position.

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