Dual position blade guide for vertical or horizontal position of band saw
AssigneeJPW Industries Inc.
InventorsSteven Myers, Charles Weber
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Abstract
A blade guide for a band saw tool includes an adjustment channel mounted to a blade housing. The adjustment channel has a bracket plate with two recesses at an angle to one another. A roller bracket has a ridge that fits into one or the other recess, the roller bracket including rollers to guide the band saw blade. A single screw holds the roller bracket to the bracket plate. The roller bracket may be moved to the other recess to impart a twist to the blade. The blade is used without a twist when the band saw tool is configured for vertical cutting and is used with a twist when the band saw tool is configured for horizontal cutting.
Claims7
A blade guide for use on a band saw tool having a band saw blade, the blade guide comprising:
- a mounting bracket configured for mounting to the band saw tool;
- a bracket plate connected to the mounting bracket, the bracket plate including first and second independent recesses oriented at an angle to one another, wherein the first and second recesses are not parallel to each other;
- a roller bracket configured for mounting to the bracket plate, the roller bracket having a ridge shaped to be received in the first and second recesses in the bracket plate such that the roller bracket and the bracket plate are connectable to one another in first and second mounting positions associated with first and second recesses respectively;
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- rollers mounted on the roller bracket, the rollers being configured for engaging the band saw blade of the band saw tool, the rollers being configured for guiding the band saw blade in a first position when the roller bracket and the bracket plate are connected in the first mounting position and for guiding the band saw blade in a second position when the roller bracket and the bracket plate are connected in the second mounting position, the first and second positions being disposed at an angle to one another so that at least one of the first and second positions impart a twist in the band saw blade;
- wherein the rollers are pivotally mounted on roller axles, and the ridge on the roller bracket extends longitudinally in a direction parallel with the roller axles.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.