US 7,854,183 B2Granted

Swage anvil for a sawblade swage assembly

AssigneeSimonds Industries, Inc.

InventorsJames S. Weatherly, Sr., Gregory S. Richardson, Paul Gardner, Norman Andrew Brown, Marc Elkins, Roy Erdwins, Robert L. Woods

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Abstract

A swage anvil includes a coupling portion that, when mated with a corresponding die of a swaging device, allows lateral positioning of the swage anvil (i.e., substantially parallel to a long axis of the saw blade) relative to the long axis of the saw blade. The swage anvil also includes a tooth contact face that substantially mirrors an angle of the back portion of each tooth of the saw blade. As such, after a manufacturer inserts the swage anvil into the swage device and laterally translates the swage anvil, the tooth contact face abuts the back portion of the saw blade tooth to support the tooth during a swaging procedure. With the aforementioned configuration of the swage anvil, translation of the swage anvil along a single axis provides support to the back portion of the saw blade tooth along two axes. As such, use of the swage anvil decreases the set-up time required in conventional swaging devices.

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Dependent claims

A swage device, comprising:

a frame;
and
a swage anvil coupled to the frame, the swage anvil comprising
an elongate body having a first end, a second end, and a coupling portion disposed between the first end and the second end, the coupling portion being configured to couple to the frame to constrain movement of the swage anvil to lateral movement substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the frame, the coupling portion having a first lobe extending from the elongate body along a first direction from a centerline of the swage anvil and extending between the first end and the second end of the elongate body,
the elongate body and the coupling portion defining a tooth contact face extending between the first end and the second end, the tooth contact face defining an angle relative to a long axis of the elongate body, the tooth contact face being configured to abut a top rear surface of a saw blade tooth and the tooth contact face being configured to support the saw blade tooth during a swaging procedure performed on that saw blade tooth;
wherein the tooth contact face defines a tip overhang portion configured to extend beyond a tip of the saw blade tooth in the same plane as the tooth contact face when the tooth contact face abuts the top rear surface of the tooth;
and
wherein the elongate body is configured as a wedge-shaped elongate body, the second end of the wedge-shaped elongate body being thicker than the first end of the wedge-shaped elongate body.

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A swage anvil, comprising:

an elongate body having a first end, a second end, and a coupling portion disposed between the first end and the second end, the coupling portion being configured to couple to a swage device to constrain movement of the swage anvil to lateral movement substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the swage device, the coupling portion having a first lobe extending from the elongate body along a first direction from a centerline of the swage anvil and extending between the first end and the second end of the elongate body;
and
the elongate body and the coupling portion defining a tooth contact face extending between the first end and the second end, the tooth contact face defining an angle relative to a coupling portion surface of the elongate body, the tooth contact face being configured to abut a top rear surface of a saw blade tooth and the tooth contact face being configured to support the saw blade tooth during a swaging procedure performed on that saw blade tooth;
wherein the tooth contact face defines a tip overhang portion configured to extend beyond a tip of the saw blade tooth in the same plane as the tooth contact face when the tooth contact face abuts the top rear surface of the saw blade tooth;
wherein the elongate body is configured as a wedge-shaped elongate body, the second end of the wedge-shaped elongate body being thicker than the first end of the wedge-shaped elongate body.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.