Saber saw having shoe to be pressed against workpiece
AssigneeHitachi Koki Co., Ltd.
InventorsToshihiko Tachibana, Yoshio Osada
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Abstract
A saber saw having a shoe pressing against a workpiece for holding an entire device at its given position during cutting operation. A saw blade extends from a main body and is reciprocally moveable in the extending direction. The shoe is pivotally supported to a shoe support member detachably fixed to a shoe adapter movably held in the main body. A torsion spring is interposed between the shoe and the shoe support member for urging an upper portion of the shoe toward the main body. The rear end of the shoe adapter is provided with a rubber damper in pressure contact with the main body.
Claims10
A shoe mechanism of a saber saw, the saber saw including a main body having a front end, and a saw blade extending in a frontward/rearward direction of the main body and projecting from the front end of the main body, the saw blade being reciprocally movable in the frontward/rearward direction, the shoe mechanism comprising:
- a shoe support member adapted to be attached to the main body and extending in the frontward/rearward direction and projecting from the front end of the main body, the shoe support member having a front end;
- a pivot shaft provided to the front end of the shoe support member;
- a shoe pivotally supported to the front end of the shoe support member by the pivot shaft and having a front end surface abuttable on a workpiece, the shoe having an upper portion above the pivot shaft and a lower portion below the pivot shaft;
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- an urging member provided in association with the shoe support member and the shoe for urging the upper portion of the shoe toward the main body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.