Saw blade stabilizer and method
AssigneeAdvanced Machine & Engineering Co.
InventorWilly Goellner
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Abstract
A saw blade stabilizer is provided. The saw blade stabilizer includes a housing and a shaft at least partially within a cavity of the housing. A piston is connected to one end of the shaft. A mechanical wedge is connected to a second end of the shaft in the housing. A stabilizer contact element slideably receives a portion of the mechanical wedge. Movement of the piston slides the portion of the mechanical wedge within the stabilizer contact element and moves the stabilizer contact element in a first direction not in line with the movement of the piston.
Claims16
A saw blade stabilizer for stabilizing a saw blade, said saw blade stabilizer comprising:
- a housing;
- a shaft at least partially within a cavity of the housing;
- a piston connected to one end of the shaft;
- a mechanical wedge connected to a second end of the shaft in the housing, the mechanical wedge having a generally rectangular slide protrusion extending obliquely relative to a longitudinal axis of the mechanical wedge;
- a stabilizer contact element having a fixed width channel configured to slideably receive the generally rectangular slide protrusion of the mechanical wedge;
- wherein movement of the piston slides the portion of the mechanical wedge within the channel of the stabilizer contact element and moves the stabilizer contact element in a first direction not in line with the movement of the piston;
- wherein the stabilizer contact element is configured to contact a surface of the saw blade.
A saw blade stabilizer for stabilizing a saw blade, said saw blade stabilizer comprising:
- a housing;
- a shaft defining a shaft longitudinal axis, the shaft at least partially within a cavity of the housing;
- a piston connected to one end of the shaft;
- a mechanical wedge having a generally rectangular slide protrusion, the mechanical wedge connected to a second end of the shaft in the housing;
- a stabilizer contact element having a channel of a fixed width along an entire length of the channel;
- wherein the stabilizer contact element and the channel extend obliquely relative to the shaft longitudinal axis and the the channel slideably receives the slide protrusion;
- wherein the stabilizer contact element is configured to contact a surface of the saw blade.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.