Miter saw
AssigneeMakita Corporation
InventorsKatsuhiko Sasaki, Mitsuyoshi Niinomi, Yoshinori Shibata
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Abstract
A miter saw includes a base on which a work is placed. A miter saw unit supports a saw blade and has a motor for rotatably driving the saw blade. A support mechanism is provided supporting the miter saw unit relative to the base in such a manner that the miter saw unit is laterally leftwardly and rightwardly pivotable from a vertical position. A biasing member is interposed between the miter saw unit and the base for biasing the miter saw unit in a direction opposite to at least one of the directions of the lateral pivotal movement of the miter saw unit when the miter saw unit is laterally pivoted.
Claims13
A miter saw comprising:
- a base on which a work is placed;
- a miter saw unit supporting a saw blade and having a motor for rotatably driving said saw blade;
- a support mechanism supporting said miter saw unit relative to said base in such a manner that said miter saw unit is laterally leftwardly and rightwardly pivotable in opposed directions from a vertical position and respectively toward left and right predetermined positions;
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- biasing means interposed between said miter saw unit and said base and defining a biasing force for biasing said miter saw unit in a direction opposite to at least one of said opposed directions of the lateral pivotal movement of said miter saw unit when said miter saw unit is laterally pivoted in said at least one of said opposed directions;
- said biasing force of said biasing means being weaker than the gravitational force acting on the miter saw unit permitting a lateral pivotal movement of said miter saw unit, including said motor, toward a corresponding one of said left and right predetermined positions against said biasing force upon pivotal movement of said miter saw unit in said at least one of said opposed directions from said vertical position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.