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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8011283 | Desk-top cutting machine A desk-top cutting machine which includes a base that supports a wood material W and a turntable that has a rotating shaft part and is carried and supported on the base rotatably around the rotating shaft part. The desk-top cutting machine further includes a cutting... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7930962 | Cutter with laser generator that irradiates cutting position on workpiece to facilitate alignment of blade with cutting position A cutter including a base, a holder, a cutter blade portion, and a laser generator. The holder is supported on the base portion in an upright posture. The cutter blade portion supports a moving blade. The cutter blade portion is supported on the holder movable betwe... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7926398 | Cutter with optical alignment system An optical system mounted on a cutter that has a base and a housing supporting a blade. In one embodiment, the optical system may project first and second indicator lines on the base. The optical system may also include a mechanism selectively operable to adjust the... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7793575 | Cutter with laser generator that irradiates cutting position on workpiece to facilitate alignment of blade with cutting position A cutter including a base, a holder, a cutter blade portion, and a laser generator. The holder is supported on the base portion in an upright posture. The cutter blade portion supports a moving blade. The cutter blade portion is supported on the holder movable betwe... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7418894 | Cutter with laser generator that irradiates cutting position on workpiece to facilitate alignment of blade with cutting position A cutter including a base, a holder, a cutter blade portion, and a laser generator. The holder is supported on the base portion in an upright posture. The cutter blade portion supports a moving blade. The cutter blade portion is supported on the holder movable betwe... | 09/02/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7387058 | Miter saw having light beam projection device A miter saw including a base, a turntable, a cutting unit rotatably supporting a circular saw blade, and a support unit movably supporting the cutting unit at a position above the turntable. The support unit has a hinge formed with a recess in which a laser oscillat... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7383759 | Cutter with laser generator that irradiates cutting position on workpiece to facilitate alignment of blade with cutting position A cutter including a base, a holder, a cutter blade portion, and a laser generator. The holder is supported on the base portion in an upright posture. The cutter blade portion supports a moving blade. The cutter blade portion is supported on the holder movable betwe... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7377202 | Lighted power tools A power tool includes a base for supporting a workpiece to be machined. A tool unit can move relative to the base and has a tool for machining the workpiece. A light projection device can project light onto the workpiece. A control device can control the light proje... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7373866 | Cutter with laser generator that irradiates cutting position on workpiece to facilitate alignment of blade with cutting position A cutter including a base, a holder, a cutter blade portion, and a laser generator. The holder is supported on the base portion in an upright posture. The cutter blade portion supports a moving blade. The cutter blade portion is supported on the holder movable betwe... | 05/20/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7367254 | Cutter with laser generator that irradiates cutting position on workpiece to facilitate alignment of blade with cutting position A cutter including a base, a holder, a cutter blade portion, and a laser generator. The holder is supported on the base portion in an upright posture. The cutter blade portion supports a moving blade. The cutter blade portion is supported on the holder movable betwe... | 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 |
| 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 |
| 7290472 | Miter saw with improved safety system Miter saws are disclosed having a base, a blade supported by the base, a detection system adapted to detect a dangerous condition between a person and the blade, and a reaction system associated with the detection system to cause a predetermined action to take place... | 11/06/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7284335 | Guideline generation apparatus for power tool The invention relates to the provision of a power tool such as a jigsaw, circular saw or mitre saw which is provided with guideline generating means. The guidelines are typically generated as laser beams and the invention allows for the generation of at least first ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7267039 | Circular sawing machine with a multi-directional adjustable laser indication device A circular sawing machine has a multi-directional adjustable laser indication device that includes a body, a support rod disposed rotatably and movably within the body, and a laser lamp fixed on the support rod so as to form a visual indication line on a worktable. ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7263476 | High speed information processing and mass storage system and method, particularly for information and application servers A high speed, microcomputer based, Fibre Channel compatible and fault tolerant information processing and mass storage system especially suited for information servers and application servers. A unique and extremely versatile system architecture, including a dual lo... | 08/28/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7228773 | Radial arm saw safety top A radial arm saw is adapted with a safety top configured with cutting box enclosure that contains and collects substantially all of the sawdust generated during use. A dust collection system is in fluid communication with the cutting box for removing the sawdust con... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7226179 | Optical alignment system for power tools An optical alignment system. In an embodiment, the system includes an optical emitting device for projecting an optical indicator onto a workpiece surface area. Further, a lateral arm may be coupled to the optical emitting device for supporting such device. In addit... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7219434 | Metal cutting circular saw with integral sight window A metal cutting circular saw is provided with an upper blade guard which includes a first sight window disposed in a first side surface and disposed in a plane angularly offset from a plane of the blade. The upper blade guard also includes a second sight window disp... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7210474 | Saw blade with cutting depth gauge Cutting tools are provided that include a circular core with a cutting means located on its periphery, a central bore to receive an arbor of a rotating power tool and one or more perforations extending through the central core. The perforations are disposed along a ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7207251 | Cutter with laser generator that irradiates cutting position on workpiece to facilitate alignment of blade with cutting position A cutter including a base, a holder, a cutter blade portion, and a laser generator. The holder is supported on the base portion in an upright posture. The cutter blade portion supports a moving blade. The cutter blade portion is supported on the holder movable betwe... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7204024 | Track and punch SMR marking device A track and punch SMR marking device, including a base, the base mounts for adjustment an SMR (spherically mounted retro-reflector), which in cooperation with a laser tracker beam locates the device precisely over an area where a punch mark is to be made, the base i... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7171879 | Discrete proximity detection system A machine is described having at least one dangerous portion. The machine also includes a safety system to detect dangerous proximity between a person and the dangerous portion and perform a predetermined action to limit or prevent injury to the person from the dang... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7168180 | Self-powered rotary optical aligning apparatus An optical aligning apparatus includes: a pendulum disk having a laser illuminator mounted in a lower portion of the pendulum disk, a multiple-pole magnet annularly formed on a collar concentrically secured on a shaft of a rotary machine, an electromagnetic coil dev... | 01/30/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7159497 | Light beam alignment system A saw such as a chop saw, a circular saw, a compound miter saw or a sliding compound miter saw having a rotatable saw blade is provided with a laser arbor alignment system. The laser arbor may include a power generator that generates power as the saw blade and the l... | 01/09/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7135654 | Angle-variable optical marking apparatus An optical marking apparatus includes: a laser illuminator mounted in a housing for emitting a laser optical line for marking purpose, and an angle-variating device provided in the housing; whereby upon an angular rotation of the apparatus, the laser illuminator wil... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7131212 | Marking device A marking device of a trimming apparatus includes a light source member, a lever member and a supporting member. The lever member includes a first sustaining arm, a second sustaining arm and a channel formed between the first sustaining arm and the second sustaining... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7104666 | Cooling chamber and system of a cooling chamber with a microtome A cooling chamber 10 for a microtome 1 is disclosed. A knife 2 having a cutting edge 16 is arranged in the cooling chamber 10 opposite a sample holder 4 having a sample 4a retained therein. The microtome 1 | 09/12/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7083366 | Laser positioning device for drilling machine A laser-positioning device for a drilling machine includes a carrier base having two accommodating slots and mounted to the outer case of the drilling machine, and a pair of laser sources respectively mounted in the accommodating slots of the carrier base to respect... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7066627 | Laser light beam guiding device on a stone cutter A laser light beam guiding device on a stone cutter includes a tubular main body pivoted to a lug of a seat which is secured to a front top of a blade guard of the stone cutter, a battery chamber in the main body controlled by a switch button on the top, a tubular s... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7055417 | Safety system for power equipment Safety systems for power equipment are disclosed. The safety systems include a detection system adapted to detect contact between a person and a working portion of a machine, where the detection system is adapted to capacitively impart an electric charge on the work... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7044039 | Radial arm saw safety top A radial arm saw is adapted with a safety top configured with cutting box enclosure that contains and collects substantially all of the sawdust generated during use. A dust collection system is in fluid communication with the cutting box for removing the sawdust con... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6997092 | Cutting apparatus A photo cutting apparatus includes a support, a press, a linkage and a cutting device. The press is movably mounted on the support. The linkage is for pressing the press. The cutting device is arranged between the support and the press for separating photos develope... | 02/14/2006 |
