Saw tooth for circular saw
AssigneeQuadco Equipment Inc.
InventorCharles D. MacLennan
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Abstract
A saw tooth of the type having a plurality of cutting edges at one end, the saw tooth rotatable in its mounting on a saw disk to present a fresh cutting edge when needed. Each cutting edge is angled rather than curved. The tooth can have hardened inserts to provide the angled cutting edges.
Claims4
A saw tooth having a frusto-pyramidal shaped body with a mounting end and a cutting end, the cutting end being recessed inwardly, the body having a plurality of flat sides extending between the mounting end and the cutting end, each adjacent flat side forming a corner at the cutting end and a hardened insert at each corner providing a flat surface at each corner, sloping inwardly and providing two straight edges diverging from each corner towards adjacent corners, the edges from adjacent inserts terminate at respective insert ends at the intersection of two adjacent flat surfaces characterized in that adjacent insert ends of the hardened inserts overlap at the intersection of the two adjacent surfaces.
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