Sawdust collection apparatus for a table saw

In a table saw having a horizontal worktable with front and rear sides, a circular saw blade mounted below the worktable and having a peripheral portion thereof extending above the worktable rotating toward the front side of said worktable and a spreader having a portion extending above the rear side of the worktable;

• the improvement which comprises the provision and hinged attachment to said spreader portion of an elongated saw blade guard and table top sawdust collector having rear and forward ends and extending between said rear and front sides of said worktable and normally resting on said worktable and shrouding said peripheral saw blade portion, said hinged attachment including an arm pivotally connected at one end to said guard intermediately of its length and pivotally connected at its other end to said spreader portion whereby the forward end of said guard or said entire guard may be elevated above said worktable, said guard comprising a pair of vertical sidewalls having upper and lower horizontal edges and extending the length of said guard, an inclined forward end wall and a horizontal top wall connecting said upper sidewall edge and extending from the rear end of said guard to a forward end spaced rearward from said forward end wall, a pair of sidewall portions extending upward from the upper edges of said sidewalls and extending longitudinally from said forward end of said top wall to said forward end wall, and a top wall portion connecting the longitudinally extending upper edges of said sidewall portions whereby said top wall, said sidewall portions and said top wall portion defines a rearward facing opening, and a length of flexible hose having one end connected via a hose connected to a wall defining said opening and said hose having an adjoining end portion extending rearward and resting on and attached to said horizontal top wall.