Compact multi-material cut-off tool
AssigneeMilwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
InventorsPatrick Owens, Derek J. Schwab, Christopher Derksen, Sean Kelley, Nikos A. Gainacopulos
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Abstract
A cut-off tool includes a housing, an arbor supported by the housing for relative movement therewith, and a cutting disk attachable to the arbor. The cut-off tool further includes a blade guard surrounding an upper portion of the cutting disk, a retaining clip securing the blade guard to the housing, and a detent mechanism between the blade guard and the retaining clip for selectively holding the blade guard in one of a plurality of positions relative to the housing.
Claims20
A cut-off tool comprising:
- a housing;
- an arbor supported by the housing for relative movement therewith;
- a cutting disk attachable to the arbor;
- a blade guard surrounding an upper portion of the cutting disk;
- a retaining clip securing the blade guard to the housing;
- and
- a detent mechanism between the blade guard and the retaining clip for selectively holding the blade guard in one of a plurality of positions relative to the housing.
A cut-off tool comprising:
- a housing;
- an arbor supported by the housing for relative movement therewith;
- a flange coupled for co-rotation with the arbor against which a cutting disk is clamped;
- and
- an adapter ring coupled for co-rotation with the flange,
- wherein an outer diameter of the adapter ring is nominally less than an inner diameter of an aperture in the cutting disk for aligning the cutting disk with the arbor.
A cut-off tool comprising:
- a housing;
- an arbor supported by the housing for relative movement therewith;
- a cutting disk attachable to the arbor;
- a blade guard surrounding an upper portion of the cutting disk, the blade guard having an aperture;
- a shoe assembly attachable to the blade guard, the shoe assembly comprising
- a shroud surrounding the blade guard when attached to the shoe,
- a shoe pivotably attached to the shroud to permit adjustment of a cutting depth of the cutting disk below the shoe, and
- a latch pivotably attached to the shroud and biased by a compression spring to a biased position whereby a finger of the latch engages the aperture to secure the shoe assembly to the blade guard, the latch being movable against the bias of the spring to a disengaged position whereby the shoe assembly is removable from the blade guard.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.