Tooth arrangement of metal-cutting bandsaw blade

• US 6,220,140 B1
• Filed: 05/25/1999
• Issued: 04/24/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 05/26/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kapman AB (Snap-On Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Kapman AB (Snap-On Incorporated)
• Inventors: Hellebergh, Håkan
• Primary Examiner(s): Rachuba, M.
• Application Number:
  US09/317,631
• Time in Patent Office: 700 Days
• Field of Search: 838/48, 838/51, 838/50, 836/61, 838/35
• US Class Current: 83/851
• CPC Class Codes: B23D 61/121 Types of set; Variable teeth, e.g. variable in height or gullet depth; Varying pitch; Details of gullet
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 83/9319 Toothed blade or tooth therefor
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 83/9358 Series of dissimilar teeth

Abstract

Bandsaw blade for sawing metal, including straight teeth and set teeth, the set teeth having equal height and occurring in pairs. A distance between the set teeth of each pair of set teeth being equal to the distance between the set teeth of every other pair of set teeth. The distance from each set tooth to an adjacent straight tooth being larger than the distance between the set teeth.

Claims

1. A metal-cutting bandsaw blade, comprising straight teeth and set teeth, the set teeth having equal height and occurring in pairs, with a distance between the set teeth in each pair being equal to a distance between the set teeth of every other pair of set teeth, a distance from each set tooth to an adjacent straight tooth being larger than the distance between the set teeth of each pair of set teeth.

2. Bandsaw blade according to claim 1, wherein there is from one to three straight teeth between successive pairs of set teeth.

3. Bandsaw blade according to claim 2, wherein there is a plurality of straight teeth between successive pairs of set teeth, a leading one of the straight teeth of each plurality of straight teeth being higher than the set teeth.

4. Bandsaw blade according to claim 3, wherein at least the leading tooth of each plurality of straight teeth has chamfers at both ends of a cutting edge thereof.