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US 7,036,417 B2Granted
Bandsaw blade with cutting extensions
OwnerWilliam George Altoninventor
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Abstract
A saw blade that includes a bandsaw body and a plurality of unset teeth having a generally uniform height. The teeth are disposed on the bandsaw body. At least some of the teeth have a cutting extension that extends above the uniform height of the teeth.
Claims17
A saw blade comprising:
- a bandsaw body having a centerline;
- a plurality of unset teeth disposed on said band body, each tooth having a body with two outer sides defining a width, and a uniform height;
- at least some of said teeth having a cutting extension extending above said tooth body height;
- each said cutting extension having two outer sides, said two outer sides defining the width of said extension;
- said teeth are disposed on said bandsaw body in groups;
- wherein, within each said group, each tooth having a cutting extension does not have a portion of the cutting extension substantially overlapping with another cutting extension in the group;
- and
- wherein within each said group, the sum of the widths of said cutting extensions is about equal to the width of the teeth bodies.
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A saw blade comprising:
- a bandsaw body having a centerline;
- a plurality of unset teeth disposed on said band body, each tooth having a body with two outer sides defining a width, and a uniform height;
- at least some of said teeth having at least one cutting extension extending above said tooth body height;
- each said cutting extension having two outer sides, said two outer sides defining the width of said extension;
- said teeth are disposed on said bandsaw body in groups;
- wherein, within each said group, each tooth in a group having a cutting extension which does not have a portion of the cutting extension substantially overlapping with another cutting extension in the group;
- and
- wherein within a said group of teeth, each said cutting extension outer side generally aligns with the outer side of the tooth body or with an outer side of an extension on another tooth within the group;
- each said group of teeth includes a plurality of cutting teeth;
- each said cutting tooth having one or more cutting extensions;
- and
- wherein the sum of the widths of said one or more cutting extensions on each tooth having cutting extensions is about equal to the width of the tooth body divided by the number of cutting teeth in the group.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.