Blade guard for a table saw
AssigneeSawStop Holding LLC
InventorsStephen F. Gass, James F.W. Wright
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Abstract
Blade guards for table saws are disclosed. The blade guards can be used in a configuration where the guard holds a work piece against a work surface. This may be thought of as blade guards with hold-down capability. The blade guards also include splitters and anti-kickback assemblies. The anti-kickback assemblies include anti-kickback pawls that can be in an operable configuration or a disabled configuration.
Claims5
A blade guard for use with a table saw, the blade guard comprising:
- a splitter or riving knife;
- and
- an anti-kickback pawl assembly attached to the splitter or riving knife;
- where the anti-kickback pawl assembly includes a plurality of anti-kickback pawls adapted to contact a workpiece when the anti-kickback pawls are in an operable configuration, and further including a spring configured to hold the anti-kickback pawls in a disabled configuration where the anti-kickback pawls do not contact a workpiece.
A method of detaching a safety element from a splitter or riving knife mounted on a table saw, where the splitter or riving knife includes at least one notch used to hold the safety element to the splitter or riving knife, and where the table saw includes a work surface, the method comprising:
- moving the safety element in a direction substantially parallel to the work surface and pivoting the safety element relative to the work surface to disengage the safety element from the notch, and then lifting the safety element away from the splitter or riving knife, where the moving, pivoting and lifting are done by hand without the use of tools.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.