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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7562456 | System comprised of a chip catcher and a safety guard for a power tool A system is comprised of a chip catcher and a safety guard for a power tool that generates chips, in particular a hand-guided power tool, having an inlet region for admitting a flow of air containing a chip/air mixture and for detachably connecting a chip ejector an... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7398719 | Miter saw having a light beam alignment system A table saw such as a chop saw, a miter saw, compound miter saw or a sliding compound miter saw that is provided with a laser arbor alignment system. An opaque shield or transparent shield having an opaque mask blocks the laser beam from being projected into a range... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7380343 | Cutting tool A cutting tool that maintains a compact-sized main body without affecting the usability as well as the dust collecting operation is provided. In a dust cover mounted on a blade case, a dust collection route divided from a saw blade is formed, and an outlet is provid... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7369916 | Drill press A power tool control system connected with a drill press provides a system for determining operational settings for the drill press and/or structural factors of a workpiece to be operated upon by the drill press. For instance, the power tool control system may estab... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7359762 | Measurement and alignment device including a display system A graphical user interface communicatively coupled with a non-contact measurement and alignment device enables user control over and display of the readings from the non-contact measurement and alignment device. In operation with a power tool, the graphical user int... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7356930 | Method and apparatus for removing dust from a workpiece A duct mechanism for directing a flow of air onto a working member of a power cutting tool generally includes a housing, a motor in the housing, a working member actuated by means of the motor and a shoe pivotally mounted relative to the working member and adapted t... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7357056 | Cutting tool safety system A woodworking machine is disclosed. The machine includes a cutting tool and a motor adapted to drive the cutting tool. The machine further includes a detection system to detect a dangerous condition between the cutting tool and a person, such as a person coming into... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7347133 | Laser guiding device for tile cutting machine A laser guiding device is adjustably connected to a protection member on a top surface of the tile cutting machine so as to produce a laser beam on a tile to be cut. An adjusting screw threadedly and transversely extends through the laser guiding device and the prot... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7346992 | Hand-held power tool with angle drive A hand-held power tool (2) includes an angle drive (20) for connecting the motor-driven driving shaft (6) and the driven shaft (10) connected with a tooth holder (24) for joint rotation therewith, and having drive toothing (14 | 03/25/2008 |
| 7328512 | Self-contained vacuum saw A self-contained vacuum circular saw is presented. The vacuum saw has a casing around the saw blade that includes an accordion type lower section attached to the lower platform of the saw. A number of vacuum tubes, preferably four, are attached to the side of the ci... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7311100 | Injection and adjusting handle for abrasive cutting-off machine The invention relates to a tool, in particular an abrasive cutting-off machine (1), having a cutting tool (7) and a protective hood (8), partly covering the cutting tool (7) and [lacuna] in its relative position to the cutting tool (7 | 12/25/2007 |
| 7311589 | Electric portable power tool with rotatable guard A manually operated electric machine tool for a disk-shaped rotating tool (18), having a machine housing (11) from which a drive spindle (12) for the tool (18) protrudes and on which a hollow cylindrical collar (15) is embodied coa... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7299553 | Zero-offset power handsaw A zero-offset power handsaw having a body unit including a skid plate and a handle, a circularly shaped saw blade, a blade mounting mechanism including a removable mounting device having a head, a guard, and an electric motor. The saw blade has a forward extremity a... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7290474 | System for rapidly stopping a spinning table saw blade A system for stopping a spinning table saw blade is comprised of a pin assembly disposed adjacent to a saw blade assembly for stopping a spinning saw blade. A receiving block is disposed on a side of the saw blade opposing the pin assembly for receiving the tip of t... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7275326 | Portable electric cutting apparatus A portable electric cutting apparatus includes a housing for housing an electric motor for rotating a saw blade a fan provided in the housing and driven by the electric motor, a saw cover attached to the housing and having a saw blade housing part having a shape to ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7261624 | Protective cover for a hand-held cut-off machine A protective cover for a cutting wheel of a hand-held cut-off machine driven by an internal combustion engine has a circumferential wall and two opposed sidewalls adjoining the circumferential wall. The circumferential wall and the two sidewalls are a monolithic com... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7246444 | Cutting tool with guide member clamping means A cutting tool that improves operability by facilitating operation of a lever for operating a clamp mechanism of a guide member is provided. A clamp mechanism is constituted by a clamp pin that protrudes its distal end to the outside of the blade case while penetrat... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7246406 | Dust collection system A system for cutting and cleaning material to be cut. The system is particularly effective for hard materials which produce heavy particles. The system is ideal for cutting green concrete. This invention provides a two-piece device for locating vacuum a hose connect... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7243440 | Gauge for use with power tools A gauge for connecting with a power tool and providing a system for determining structural factors of a workpiece to be operated upon by the power tool is provided by the present invention. The gauge including a probe connected with a sensor via a spring, wherein co... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7225545 | Power tool with an eccentrically driven working tool A power tool, in particular a circular saw, for eccentrically a rotatable working tool and, in particular, a circular saw blade, includes a roller device (13) supported on a tool housing (6) and having at least two roller pairs (12, 16) each hav... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7207115 | Glass-cutting apparatus A glass cutting apparatus has a spindle rotatably held and a saw blade provided on the spindle at a tip portion thereof. An upper portion of the blade is covered with a top cover. A lower portion of the blade, which protrudes from a lower portion of the top cover do... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7162809 | Power saw guide The invention is directed to a guide for a power saw or router of the type having a blade and a housing wider than the blade which directly overlies the blade during the cutting operation. The guide includes a guide bar having a straight outer edge configured for gu... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7137329 | Circular saw clutch assembly A circular saw clutch assembly includes an elongated rod that is coupled to a table saw assembly. A peripheral flange is integrally attached to the rod. The flange has a plurality of ball bearings mounted therein. A first washer abuts the flange and includes a plura... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7137327 | Riving knife assembly for a dual bevel table saw An embodiment of the present invention is directed to a riving knife assembly for a dual bevel table saw, comprising: a first armature configured for coupling with a beveling member; a second armature adjustably and rotatably coupled with the first armature; a first... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7137877 | Manually operated tool A manually operated implement, in particular a parting-off grinder or similar device is provided. The implement has a bracket which has a first end, which is fixed to the housing of the tool, and a second end to which is fixed a spindle which drives, for example, a ... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7131205 | Electric powered rotary saw An electric powered rotary saw for cutting medical cast or the like includes a cylindrical housing, a removable longitudinally extending mounting member and a rotary circular saw blade disposed at one end of the mounting member. The saw blade is fixed to a shaft for... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7101295 | Power transmission device and portable power working machine provided with the same A power transmission device is disclosed which is capable of easily, swiftly and appropriately altering the distance between the axes of a pair of transmission wheels such as pulleys, enabling an endless belt to be kept under constant and appropriate tension without... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7096587 | Portable circular power saw with optical alignment A laser emitter projects a planer light beam to form an optical guideline on a work piece extending in a cutting direction of saw blade. The laser emitter is arranged behind, in the cutting direction, a tangential line of the circumference of the saw blade at an int... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7096588 | Movable handle for a power tool A movable handle and a power tool. The power tool comprises a housing, a motor supported by the housing and operable to drive a tool element about an axis, and a handle supported by the housing for rotation relative to the housing about the axis. Preferably, the pow... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7089671 | Circular saw with an improved lower blade guard A circular saw (1) includes a base plate (2) and a saw blade assembly (3) including a lower blade guard (9) for covering a saw blade (6). The blade guard includes a sleeve portion (10) rotatably fitted on a bearing box (8... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7073266 | Metal cutting circular saw with integral sight window A metal cutting circular saw (10) is provided with an upper blade guard (20) which includes a first sight window (46) disposed in a first side surface and disposed in a plane angularly offset from a plane of the blade (14). The upper blad... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7063606 | Portable power tool with protective cover A portable power tool, in particular an angle grinder (10), includes a longitudinal housing (12) for accommodating a motor for driving a driven shaft (16) that is outwardly bent relative to the housing (12), the driven shaft being rotatab... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7059947 | Portable rail cutting apparatus A portable rail cutting apparatus is presented herein. The portable rail cutting apparatus comprises a housing encasing a motor, the motor configured to drive a rotary abrasive blade, a drive pulley coupled to the motor, a driven pulley coupled to the rotary abrasiv... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7047650 | Hand-operated circular saw having blade cutting depth adjustment device A hand-operated circular saw having blade cutting depth the adjustment device includes a hollow interior tubular body having a hand grasp portion, a head portion, a motor disposed in the head portion to operate a threaded axis protrude from a threaded circular protr... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7036230 | Cutting tool adopted for two handed operation A pneumatic cutting tool has an extended body length so it can be operated by a pair of hands to facilitate the operation and holding thereof The body length can be increased using an extension cylinder and extension kit. The tool also has a handle mounted onto the ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7020970 | Saw guard system A saw guard system for enhancing the safety of use of powered hand saws by eliminating the need to hold the blade guard in a static position during the cutting operation. The saw guard system includes a circular saw with a housing, a motor positioned within the hous... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6994503 | Quick-lock nut for a disc-like tool A quick lock nut (1) for positive friction locking securement of a disc-like tool (2) to an external thread (3) on a working spindle (4) driven about an axis of rotation (A), having an associated inner threaded part (5) and a manua... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6994007 | Chop saw A saw including a base, a trunnion pivotally attached to the base, a pivot arm pivotally attached to the trunnion, a saw assembly supported by the pivot arm, the saw assembly including a motor, a blade driven by the motor, an upper blade guard for covering an upper ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6953394 | Protective device for a hand machine tool A guard device for a hand power tool, in the form of a sanding/grinding hand power tool, has a wheel guard enclosing at least part of a rotating tool in a radial direction; a guide for guiding the wheel guard along a work piece, and comprising a fastening device for... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6935939 | Dust-capturing device for a saw For a power saw, a dust-capturing device having a hollow capture member with openings on each end wherein one end captures dust and the other end discharges the dust into an attached external vacuum device; a support member securable to, and translatable on, the cap... | 08/30/2005 |
