Hacksaw hand guard
OwnerNorman E. Clifton, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
Two-piece assembly which clamps to the frame of a hacksaw forward of and adjacent the handle and has two protective wing shields extending laterally outward from the hacksaw in front of the operator's hand. The wing shields may be integral with a hand and finger grip plastic mating portion attached to the handle of the hacksaw, or be separate and attached by bolts and nuts to the hacksaw frame forward of the handle.
Claims20
A hand guard for a hacksaw having a handle, a frame and a blade, said hard guard comprising a pair of mating halves that are substantially mirror images of each other, each said half including an integral supporting flange for clamping around the hacksaw frame adjacent the handle and a wing shield member tapering outwardly and rearwardly from said flange, clamping means for releasably locking said pair of halves together around the hacksaw.
The hand guard of claim 8 wherein said clamping means includes at least a pair of connectors attached to said flanges below and above the frame of tile hacksaw.
A hand guard for a hacksaw having a handle and a blade supported by a substantially U-shaped frame attached to the handle, and a releasable connecting member for the blade adjacent the handle, said hand guard comprising a pair of mating members which are substantially mirror images of each other, each said member including an integral supporting flange adapted for clamping about the hacksaw frame which extends parallel to the blade and adjacent its attachment to the handle, each said mating member having a wing shield tapering outwardly and rearwardly toward the handle from said flange, each of said wing shields extending from adjacent the frame attachment to the handle and terminating adjacently below the blade connecting member adjacent the handle, and clamping means for firmly attaching said pair of mating members together.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.