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US 5,974,927 AGranted
Circular saw cutting machine
AssigneeTsune Seiki Co., Ltd.
InventorRyoichi Tsune
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Abstract
A circular saw having a cutting position for cutting a workpiece at a predetermined location thereof, a gripper for gripping a workpiece at a predetermined location on the workpiece, a drive having a plurality of gears including final and penultimate stage gears, and a backlash eliminator for braking the final stage gear for eliminating backlash between the final and the penultimate stage gears upon the initiation of cutting a workpiece at the cutting position.
Claims4
A circular saw which comprises
- (i) a cutting position for cutting with a saw blade a workpiece at a predetermined location thereof,
- (ii) means for gripping said workpiece at a predetermined location on the workpiece,
- (iii) a drive having a plurality of gears, including final and penultimate stage gears, said final gear being mounted on a common shaft with the saw blade, and
- (iv) a backlash eliminator in association with said final gear for braking said final gear for eliminating backlash between said final and said penultimate gears upon the initiation of cutting and during cutting a workpiece at said cutting position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.