# US 5,701,676 A · Portable rotary saw > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 5,701,676 A - Document ID: US5701676A - Status: Granted - Kind: A - Application number: 08/644,617 - Filed: 1996-05-01 - Granted: 1997-12-30 - Earliest claimed: 1995-05-09 - Assignees: Makita Corporation - Inventors: Akihiro Itoh - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5701676A ## CPC - B27G 19/04: for manually-operated power-driven circular saws - B23D 59/02: Devices for lubricating or cooling circular saw blades - Y10T 83/283: With means to control or modify temperature of apparatus or work - B27G: ACCESSORY MACHINES OR APPARATUS FOR WORKING WOOD OR SIMILAR MATERIALS; TOOLS FOR WORKING WOOD OR SIMILAR MATERIALS (tools for grinding B24D; sawing tools B27B33/00; tools for slotting or mortising machines B27F5/02; tools for the manufacture of wood shavings, chips, powder or the like B27L11/00); SAFETY DEVICES FOR WOOD WORKING MACHINES OR TOOLS - B23D: PLANING; SLOTTING; SHEARING; BROACHING; SAWING; FILING; SCRAPING; LIKE OPERATIONS FOR WORKING METAL BY REMOVING MATERIAL, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (making toothed gears or the like B23F; cutting metal by applying heat locally B23K; arrangements for copying or controlling B23Q) - Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION ## Abstract A portable rotary saw includes a cooling fan fastened to the output shaft of a motor and a plurality of ports provided downstream of the fan in a blade case defining a blade chamber. The ports allow the cooling air delivered by the fan to blow further downstream in the housing of the portable rotary saw. The portable rotary saw further includes a cover plate provided in front of the ports for separating a pathway of a wind caused by a rotating saw blade and for directing the cooling air out of the blade chamber without disturbing the wind caused by the rotating saw blade. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A rotary saw, comprising a cooling fan coupled to an output shaft of a motor, fluid communication means forming an air intake to permit cooling air to flow from said cooling fan to a blade chamber formed by a blade case such that said cooling air delivered by the cooling fan is blown into the blade chamber through the fluid communication means, and means forming a guide passage in the blade chamber for separating the cooling air passing through said fluid communication means from a pathway of airflow created by a rotating saw blade mounted within the blade chamber, said guide passage having means forming an opening for discharging the cooling air out of the blade chamber. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) A rotary saw according to claim 1, wherein said guide passage is formed by a cover plate interposed between said fluid communication means and said pathway of airflow generated by the rotating saw blade, whereby said cover plate isolates said cooling air from said pathway of airflow created by the rotating saw blade. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) A rotary saw according to claim 2, wherein the fluid communication means comprises a plurality of ports. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) A rotary saw according to claim 3, wherein said ports are arranged radially with the output shaft as the center. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) A rotary saw according to claim 2, wherein said output shaft has an axis and the cover plate is a semi-circular plate having a first section mounted in a first plane substantially orthogonal to the axis and having a second section coplanar with a second plane transverse to said first plane. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) A rotary saw according to claim 1, further comprising a boss projecting from the blade case for supporting the cover plate. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) A rotary saw according to claim 1, wherein the guide passage is formed by a partition interposed between said fluid communication means and said airflow generated by the rotating saw blade, said partition being integrally formed with the blade case, whereby said partition isolates said cooling air from said pathway of airflow created by the rotating saw blade. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) A rotary saw according to claim 1, further comprising means forming an outlet at the end of the pathway of airflow created by the rotating saw blade. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) A rotary saw according to claim 1, further comprising means forming an outlet in the blade case for discharging out of the rotary saw the cooling air introduced into the blade chamber through the opening in the guide passage. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) A rotary saw according to claim 8, further comprising a dividing wall formed below the pathway of airflow created by the rotating saw blade and near the outlet for separating the outlet and the opening in the guide passage from the pathway of airflow. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) A rotary saw according to claim 9, further comprising a dividing wall formed below the pathway of airflow created by the rotating saw blade and near the outlet for separating the outlet and the opening in the guide passage from the pathway of airflow created by the rotating saw blade.