Hand-held band saw
AssigneeStout Tool Corp.
InventorScott McIntosh
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Abstract
A hand-held band saw is provided for one-hand operation. The band saw has a frame and a handle extending from a longitudinal edge of the frame at an acute angle and opposite an edge containing a throat for receiving the work piece. The orientation of the handle centers the mass of the saw below the hand and positions the cutting section of the blade in a vertical plane so it will engage a work piece at a preferred angle selected by the user.
Claims15
A saw for cutting a work piece using a continuous loop blade, comprising:
- a frame having a first and a second end;
- a throat defined within said frame intermediate said first end and said second end;
- a driven wheel journaled to said frame;
- a drive wheel journaled to said frame and spaced from said driven wheel, said drive wheel supporting the continuous loop blade;
- a motor mounted to said frame;
- a transmission interconnecting said motor to said drive wheel;
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- a handle assembly extending from said frame intermediate said first and said second ends, and substantially opposite said throat, said handle assembly oriented at an angle relative to said frame such that a section of the continuous loop blade spanning said throat lies in a plane generally parallel to said handle assembly.
A hand-held power operated band saw manipulable by hand so as to be movable in relation to a work piece for performing a cutting operation on the work piece with a closed loop saw blade having a substantially continuous cutting edge on at least one edge of the saw blade, the saw blade movable in a path defined by the closed loop during the cutting operation, comprising:
- a frame extending predominately in a single plane;
- an electric motor associated with the frame;
- a drive wheel to be rotated about an axis generally perpendicular to the plane of the frame by the electric motor;
- a driven wheel to be rotated about an axis generally perpendicular to the plane of the frame and mounted to the frame at a location spaced from the drive wheel, the drive wheel and the driven wheel adapted to support a closed loop saw blade thereon;
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- a handle extending at an angle other than perpendicular from the plane of the frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.