US 4,055,102 AGranted

Band and saber saw arrangement

AssigneePotomac Applied Mechanics, Inc.

InventorJames Henry Stubbings

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Abstract

A band saw and a saber saw are both provided on the same table top working surface, and both are operable at the same time so that a pair of parallel cuts (either arcuate or straight) may be made in a workpiece at the same time. The saber saw blade has a vertical position thereof which is parallel to the vertical plane of the band saw blade, and the saber saw is adjustable with respect to the band saw to provide for cutting pieces of material of different widths. The saber saw blade is also pivotal from the vertical position thereof to a horizontal position wherein it is below the table top working surface, so that the band saw alone may be used. A workpiece resting member associated with the saber saw allows for pivoting of a workpiece with respect thereto to have an arcuate cut made therein by the band saw when the saber saw blade is in its horizontal position.

Claims10

Dependent claims

Apparatus for cutting sheet material and the like comprising:

a generally horizontally disposed table top,
a band saw having a toothed blade that is disposed in a generally vertical plane and passes through said table top,
a saber saw having a toothed blade that is adapted to be disposed in a generally vertical plane parallel to the vertical plane of said band saw blade, said saber saw blade passing through the table top when disposed in said generally vertical plane,
the teeth of said band and saber saw toothed blades being disposed on the same side of a vertical plane passing through said blades,
means for mounting said saber saw to adjust the horizontal spacing thereof from the vertical plane of said band saw blade, and
power means for operating said band saw and said saber saw, when in a generally vertical plane, at the same time so that a workpiece will have two parallel cuts made therein at the same time when brought into engagement with said saw blades.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.