# US 2019/0314908 A1 · Tabletop cutting device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2019/0314908 A1 - Document ID: US20190314908A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/340,557 - Filed: 2017-11-08 - Published: 2019-10-17 - Earliest claimed: 2016-11-11 - Assignees: Makita Corporation - Applicants: Makita Corporation - Inventors: Syuji AOYAMA; Yukinori SUZUKI; Goh YAMAMURA - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190314908A1 ## CPC - B23D 45/04: with a circular saw blade or the stock carried by a pivoted lever - B27B 5/29: Details; Component parts; Accessories - B23D 45/048: {the saw blade being adjustable according to angle of cut} - B23D 45/14: for cutting otherwise than in a plane perpendicular to the axis of the stock, e.g. for making a mitred cut - B27B 5/20: the saw blade being adjustable according to depth or angle of cut; Radial saws, i.e. sawing machines with a pivoted radial arm for guiding the movable carriage - B27B 5/36: Mounting for swivelling or tilting the circular saw blade {, e.g. using an adjustable mounting (slotting or mortising machines B27F5/02)} - B23D: PLANING; SLOTTING; SHEARING; BROACHING; SAWING; FILING; SCRAPING; LIKE OPERATIONS FOR WORKING METAL BY REMOVING MATERIAL, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (making toothed gears or the like B23F; cutting metal by applying heat locally B23K; arrangements for copying or controlling B23Q) - B27B: SAWS FOR WOOD OR SIMILAR MATERIAL; COMPONENTS OR ACCESSORIES THEREFOR (saws specially adapted for pruning or debranching A01G3/08; sawing apparatus specially adapted for felling trees A01G23/091; features not restricted to a particular type of wood saw B23D, e.g. attaching saw blades B23D51/00; machine tool frames, beds, pillars or like members, in general B23Q1/01) ## Abstract An operation knob is attached to one end of a transmission rod. The transmission rod is located in a slide bar supporting a cutting device main body so as to be slidable in a front-to-rear direction. A pulley of a belt transmission mechanism is joined to the other end of the transmission rod, and a click mechanism is arranged around a portion of the pulley. The click mechanism provides a tactile sensation (e.g. click feeling or feeling of moderation) and improves operability of the operation knob. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A tabletop cutting device, comprising: a cutting device main body; an operation knob that is configured to fix an inclination angle of the cutting device main body when the operation knob is rotated; and a click mechanism that produces a tactile sensation when the operation knob is rotated. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The tabletop cutting device according to claim 1, wherein: a rotational operation of the operation knob is transmitted to a left/right inclination shaft via a transmission rod positioned away from the left/right inclination shaft, the left/right inclination shaft is configured to support the cutting device main body so as to incline the cutting device main body in a left-to-right direction, and the click mechanism is arranged around a radial axis of the transmission rod. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The tabletop cutting device according to claim 2, further comprising, a slide bar that supports the cutting device main body so as to be slidable in a front-to-rear direction, wherein: the operation knob is rotatably supported at a front end of the slide bar, the transmission rod is positioned in the slide bar, the rotational operation of the operation knob is transmitted to the left/right inclination shaft via a belt transmission mechanism that is interposed between the transmission rod and the left/right inclination shaft, and the click mechanism comprises an engagement portion that is provided in a portion of a pulley on a side of the transmission rod. ### Claim 4 A tabletop cutting device, comprising: a cutting device main body slidably supported by a slide bar attached to a main body supporting portion such that the cutting device main body may be inclined in a left-to-right direction with respect to a table on which a workpiece is placed; a left/right inclination shaft in the main body supporting portion configured to fix a left/right inclination position of the cutting device main body with respect to the table; an operation knob that is configured to fix an inclination angle of the cutting device main body when the operation knob is rotated, the operation knob being provided at a first end of a transmission rod that is located in the slide bar; a belt transmission mechanism interposed between a second end of the transmission rod and the left/right inclination shaft, the belt transmission mechanism comprising a pulley and a belt; and a belt pressing portion that presses the belt towards the pulley. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The tabletop cutting device according to claim 4, wherein, the belt pressing portion is located at a belt outlet portion of the pulley. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The tabletop cutting device according to claim 4, wherein, the belt pressing portion is arranged in a vicinity of the pulley. ### Claim 7 (depends on 4) The tabletop cutting device according to claim 4, wherein, a plurality belt pressing portions are arranged at a different places. ### Claim 8 (depends on 4) The tabletop cutting device according to claim 4, further comprising a second belt pressing portion that is arranged further away from the pulley than the belt pressing portion and arranged contacting the belt. ### Claim 9 (depends on 4) The tabletop cutting device according to claim 4, wherein the belt transmission mechanism is configured to transmit a rotation operation of the operation knob to the left-right inclination shaft. ### Claim 10 (depends on 4) The tabletop cutting device according to claim 4, further comprising an idler located on an opposite side of the belt to the belt pressing portion. ### Claim 11 (depends on 6) The tabletop cutting device according to claim 6, wherein the belt pressing portion is arrange closer to the pulley than to the left/right inclination shaft. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The tabletop cutting device according to claim 1, wherein the tactile sensation is a click feeling. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The tabletop cutting device according to claim 1, wherein the click mechanism comprises: an engagement protrusion; and a plurality of engagement recesses. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The tabletop cutting device according to claim 13, wherein the plurality of engagement recesses are located within a rear surface of a pulley. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The tabletop cutting device according to claim 13, wherein the plurality of engagement recesses are located within a front surface of a pulley. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The tabletop cutting device according to claim 13, wherein the plurality of engagement recesses are located within an outer peripheral surface of a pulley. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The tabletop cutting device according to claim 1, further comprising a left/right inclination shaft about which the cutting device main body rotates. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The tabletop cutting device according to claim 17, wherein the operation knob is located nearer to the cutting device main body than to the left/right inclination shaft. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The tabletop cutting device according to claim 17, wherein: the click mechanism is connected to the operation knob via a transmission rod, and the click mechanism is connected to the left/right inclination shaft via a transmission belt. ### Claim 20 (depends on 17) The tabletop cutting device according to claim 17, wherein the operation knob is located nearer to the click mechanism than to the left/right inclination shaft.