Table saw

• US 6,575,067 B2
• Filed: 07/12/2002
• Issued: 06/10/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 02/13/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Black & Decker Incorporated (Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Black & Decker Incorporated (Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.)
• Inventors: Ayala, Adan, Welsh, Robert P., Stumpf, William R., Taylor, William Scott, Parks, James, Gehret, Robert S., Stropkay, Scott, Huston, Todd L., Paladino, Thomas S., Nichols, Mark Allen, Zehr, Edwin G., Duncanson, David Edmund, Livingston, Scott, Tew, Henry Louis, Weissburg, David Louis, Eichelberger, Paul, Holleman, Jerry Wayne, Rohr, Lewis Hampton, OʼBanion, Michael L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Peterson, Kenneth E.
• Application Number:
  US10/194,825
• Publication Number:
  US 20020194971A1
• Time in Patent Office: 333 Days
• Field of Search: 834/772, 834/351.2, 834/351.3, 834/751.4, 834/371, 834/372, 834/74, 834/352.7, 144/287
• US Class Current: 83/435.27
• CPC Class Codes: B23D 47/025 of tables
• CPC Class Codes: B27B 25/10 Manually-operated feeding or pressing accessories, e.g. pushers
• CPC Class Codes: B27B 27/02 arranged laterally and parallel with respect to the plane of the saw blade
• CPC Class Codes: B27B 27/08 arranged adjustably, not limited to only one of the groups B27B27/02 - B27B27/06
• CPC Class Codes: B27B 27/10 Devices for moving or adjusting the guide fences or stops
• CPC Class Codes: B27B 5/222 the saw blade being arranged underneath the work-table; Guiding arrangements for the work-table
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 83/6609 Angularly adjustable
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 83/6612 Having position indicating means
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 83/6614 Pusher engaging rear surface of work
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 83/6632 Supported for movement at one side of tool only
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 83/73 Guide fixed to or integral with stationary tool element
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 83/748 With work immobilizer
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 83/7567 Manually actuated drive means
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 83/762 Angularly relative to plane of cut; e.g., miter
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 83/7709 Unidirectionally movable work support
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 83/773 Work-support includes passageway for tool [e.g., slotted table]
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 83/858 Indicates dimension of work being cut
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 83/8773 Bevel or miter cut
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 83/929 Tool or tool with support

Abstract

A table saw including a base, a main table supported by the base, first and second rails attached to the table, a sliding table fixedly attached to the rails and sliding along the longitudinal axis of the rails and a cross-cut table slidably movable in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the rails. The cross-cut table may be adjusted to ensure movement parallel to a blade protruding from the main table. An improved miter gauge assembly is also disclosed. An improved fence assembly is further disclosed herein. In addition, a table saw having an improved panel and leg construction is disclosed herein.

Claims

1. A saw comprising:

a base assembly comprising a base and a table supported by the base;

a first rail attached to the base assembly, the first rail having a longitudinal axis;

a second rail attached to the base assembly and connected to the cross-cut table; and

a subpanel disposed on the first and second rails,

wherein said subpanel is horizontally movable with respect to said first and second rails;

a cross-cut table slidably attached to said subpanel, the cross cut table being slidable in a sliding direction substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the first rail and wherein said cross-cut table is adjustable along a vertical axis relative to said first and second rails.

2. The saw of claim 1, wherein the table has a groove for receiving a miter gauge.

3. The saw of claim 2, wherein the table has a locking mechanism for locking the miter gauge in a selected position in the groove.

4. The saw of claim 2, further comprising a plate movably disposed on the table, the plate being movable between a first position locking the miter gauge in a selected position in the groove, and a second position unlocking the miter gauge.

5. The saw of claim 1, flirt her comprising at least one slide assembly fixedly disposed between the subpanel and the cross-cut table.

6. The saw of claim 1, wherein said subpanel is vertically movable respective to said first rail.

7. The saw of claim 1, wherein said subpanel is horizontally movable respective to the table.

8. The saw of claim 1, wherein the second rail has a longitudinal axis parallel to the longitudinal axis of the first rail.

9. The saw of claim 1, wherein the sliding direction is adjustable by moving the subpanel relative to the table.