Track saw
AssigneeMilwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
InventorsAustin H. Kour, Brett J. VanDaalwyk
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Abstract
A circular saw comprising a shoe including an upper surface and an opposite, lower surface, and a saw unit. The saw unit includes a circular saw blade, a blade guard, and a transparent blade window. The blade guard encloses a portion of the saw blade. The blade guard encloses a portion of the saw blade and has a cutout adjacent a bottom side of the blade guard and a slot above the cutout. The transparent blade window is configured to be received in the cutout to provide a user with a visual indication of the saw blade. The blade window includes a lock tab confined for sliding movement within a first portion of the slot and removable from the slot when aligned with a second portion of the slot to remove the blade window from the blade guard.
Claims20
A circular saw comprising:
- a shoe including an upper surface and an opposite, lower surface;
- and
- a saw unit including
- a circular saw blade, the saw unit pivotably coupled to the shoe between a first position in which the saw blade does not protrude beyond the lower surface of the shoe, and a second position in which the saw blade protrudes beyond the lower surface of the shoe,
- a blade guard enclosing a portion of the saw blade and having a cutout adjacent a bottom side of the blade guard and a slot above the cutout, the slot defining a first dimension and a different second dimension, and
- a transparent blade window configured to be received in the cutout to provide a user with a visual indication of the saw blade, the blade window including a lock tab confined for sliding movement within the first dimension of the slot and removable from the slot when aligned with the second dimension of the slot to remove the blade window from the blade guard.
A circular saw comprising:
- a shoe including an upper surface and an opposite, lower surface;
- and
- a saw unit including
- a circular saw blade, the saw unit pivotably coupled to the shoe between a first position in which the saw blade does not protrude beyond the lower surface of the shoe, and a second position in which the saw blade protrudes beyond the lower surface of the shoe,
- a blade guard enclosing a portion of the saw blade and having a cutout adjacent a bottom side of the blade guard and a slot above the cutout, the slot defining a first dimension and a different second dimension, and
- a transparent blade window configured to be received in the cutout to provide a user with a visual indication of the saw blade, the blade window includes
- a lock tab confined for sliding movement within the first dimension of the slot and removable from the slot when aligned with the second dimension of the slot to remove the blade window from the blade guard;
- and
- a pawl configured to selectively engage the blade guard to secure the blade window to the blade guard.
A track saw assembly configured to make a cut in a work piece, the track saw assembly comprising:
- a track configured to rest upon the work piece;
- a shoe including an upper surface and an opposite, lower surface, the lower surface of the shoe configured to be supported on the track;
- and
- a saw unit coupled to the upper surface the shoe, the saw unit including
- a circular saw blade, the saw unit pivotably coupled to the shoe between a first position in which the saw blade does not protrude beyond the lower surface of the shoe, and a second position in which the saw blade protrudes beyond the lower surface of the shoe,
- a blade guard enclosing a portion of the saw blade and having a cutout adjacent a bottom side of the blade guard and a slot above the cutout, the slot defining a first dimension and a different second dimension, and
- a transparent blade window configured to be received in the cutout to provide a user with a visual indication of the saw blade, the blade window including a lock tab confined for sliding movement within the first dimension of the slot and removable from the slot when aligned with the second dimension of the slot to remove the blade window from the blade guard.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.