Multifunctional saw apparatus and method
AssigneeRBWL Licensing Holdings, LLC
InventorRobert Burton Behr
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Abstract
In some examples, an apparatus includes a base including an arm selectively movable with respect to the base. The arm is selectively rotatable about a first arm axis. A base plate is engaged with the arm. A tool is configured to be detachably coupled to the base plate. The tool is movable with the base plate when coupled to the base plate. The apparatus includes a first mode with the tool coupled to the base plate and the arm being selectively rotatable about the first arm axis, a second mode with the tool coupled to the base plate and the arm being constrained from rotating about the first arm axis, the arm being substantially stationary with respect to the base; and a third mode with the tool detached from the base plate.
Claims15
An apparatus comprising:
- a base including an arm selectively movable with respect to the base, the arm being selectively rotatable about a first arm axis at a first end of the arm, towards and away from a substantially planar top surface of the base;
- a base plate engaged with the arm at a second end of the arm, the base plate adapted to detachably couple to a saw having a saw blade, the saw being movable with the base plate when coupled to the base plate, wherein the apparatus is operable in different modes comprising:
- a first mode with the saw coupled to the base plate and the arm being selectively rotatable about the first arm axis;
- a second mode with the saw coupled to the base plate and the arm being constrained from rotating about the first arm axis, the arm being substantially stationary with respect to the base wherein the base plate is pivotable about a vertical axis such that a face of the saw blade is positionable to operate as a table saw;
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- a third mode with the saw being moveable horizontally along the base to operate as a radial saw.
An apparatus comprising:
- a base including an arm selectively movable with respect to the base, the arm being selectively rotatable about a first arm axis at a first end of the arm, towards and away from a substantially planar top surface of the base;
- a base plate pivotably engaged with the arm at a second end of the arm, the base plate being pivotable with respect to the arm between a first position and a second position, the base plate adapted to detachably couple to a circular saw having a saw blade, the circular saw being movable with the base plate when coupled to the base plate, wherein the apparatus is operable in different modes comprising:
- a miter saw mode with the circular saw coupled to the base plate in the first position and the arm being selectively rotatable about the first arm axis;
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- a table saw mode with the circular saw coupled to the base plate in the second position and the arm being constrained from rotating about the first arm axis, the arm being substantially stationary with respect to the base wherein the base plate is pivotable about a vertical axis such that a face of the saw blade is positionable to operate as a table saw.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.