Saw setter
AssigneeKraft-Tech Machinery, Inc.
InventorsJames E. Kraft, Shane M. Blakeslee
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Abstract
A saw setter having a base, a pair of clamping members mounted on the base for receiving a saw blade therebetween with the saw teeth pointing upwardly, an advancing lever and pawl for engaging selected teeth and moving the saw blade through the clamping members, a first jaw pivotally mounted on the base, an actuating lever pivotally mounted on the base and connected to the first jaw by a force magnifying linkage, a second jaw pivotally mounted on the base, a linkage between the first and second jaws for causing them to either move simultaneously toward each other or away from each other and a first saw setting finger on the first movable jaw and a second saw setting finger on the second movable jaw.
Claims27
A saw setter comprising a base having an upper base portion and a lower base portion, a first pivot on said lower base portion, a lever handle pivotally mounted on said first pivot and including an outer lever portion to one side of said first pivot and an inner lever portion to the other side of said first pivot, said outer lever portion being longer than said inner lever portion, a second pivot on said upper base portion, a first movable jaw pivotally mounted on said second pivot, a first mechanical coupling between said inner lever portion and said first pivotal jaw below said second pivot, a third pivot on said upper base portion, a second movable jaw pivotally mounted on said third pivot, and a second mechanical coupling between said first and second movable jaws.
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