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Circular saw

  • US 9,027,449 B2
  • Filed: 10/31/2008
  • Issued: 05/12/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2007
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A circular saw, comprising:

  • a saw blade for being rotatingly driven about a rotational axis;

    a workpiece support surface supporting a workpiece being cut by the saw blade;

    a sensor unit calculating a distance between a surface of the workpiece and the workpiece support surface, wherein the sensor unit is capable of calculating the depth of a nonthrough cut;

    at least one first splitting wedge swivelable about the rotational axis of the saw blade; and

    a drive arrangement for swiveling the first splitting wedge about the rotational axis of the saw blade to a position where the first splitting wedge protrudes through the workpiece support surface based on the calculated distance between a surface of the workpiece and the workpiece support surface.

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