# US 9,873,157 B2 · Sawing apparatus for sawing workpieces of wood, plastic material and the like > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,873,157 B2 - Document ID: US9873157B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/088,214 - Filed: 2016-04-01 - Published: 2016-10-06 - Granted: 2018-01-23 - Earliest claimed: 2015-04-01 - Assignees: Weinig Dimter GmbH & Co. KG - Applicants: Weinig Dimter GmbH & Co. KG - Inventors: Alois Heinz; Georg Reinbold - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9873157B2 ## CPC - B23D 45/024: {the saw blade being adjustable according to depth or angle of cut (B23D45/022 takes precedence)} - B23D 45/068: {the saw blade being adjustable according to depth or angle of cut (B23D45/061, B23D45/065 take precedence)} - B23D 47/02: of frames; of guiding arrangements for work-table or saw-carrier - B23D 47/08: of devices for bringing the circular saw blade to the workpiece or removing same therefrom - B23D 47/12: of drives for circular saw blades - B23D 59/001: {Measuring or control devices, e.g. for automatic control of work feed pressure on band saw blade (measuring in general G01; controlling in general G05)} - B23D: PLANING; SLOTTING; SHEARING; BROACHING; SAWING; FILING; SCRAPING; LIKE OPERATIONS FOR WORKING METAL BY REMOVING MATERIAL, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (making toothed gears or the like B23F; cutting metal by applying heat locally B23K; arrangements for copying or controlling B23Q) ## Abstract A sawing apparatus for sawing workpieces of wood or plastic material has an adjustable frame part and a drive motor. A circular saw blade is operatively connected to the drive motor and drivable in rotation by the drive motor about an axis of rotation of the circular saw blade. The circular saw blade is adjustable from a ready position into a working position. The ready position is selected as a function of a position of the adjustable frame part such that the circular saw blade carries out a minimized angular travel as working travel during sawing. The adjustable frame part is adjustable at least in a vertical direction and/or in a horizontal direction transverse to the axis of rotation of the circular saw blade as a function of a cross-section of a workpiece to be sawed. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A sawing apparatus for sawing workpieces of wood, plastic material and the like, comprising: an adjustable frame part; a first drive motor; at least one circular saw blade operatively connected to the first drive motor and drivable in rotation by the first drive motor about an axis of rotation of the at least one circular saw blade; wherein the apparatus includes a mechanism for determining a ready position; wherein the at least one circular saw blade is adjustable from a ready position on one side of a workpiece support into a working position in engagement with a workpiece; wherein the circular saw blade is drivable through an angular travel cutting stroke beginning at said ready position to cut a workpiece in a controlled manner; wherein the ready position is selected as a function of a position of the adjustable frame part, and the adjustable frame part is capable of moving to the ready position before the angular travel cutting stroke, such that the at least one circular saw blade carries out a minimized angular travel as working travel during sawing. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The sawing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the at least one circular saw blade in the ready position is positioned in an area below a transport path for workpieces through the sawing apparatus. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The sawing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a rotor, wherein the axis of rotation of the at least one circular saw blade is rotatably and eccentrically supported in the rotor and wherein the rotor has an axis of rotation parallel to the axis of rotation of the at least one circular saw blade. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The sawing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein a position of the at least one circular saw blade is adjustable in the ready position relative to the rotor. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The sawing apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising at least one belt drive operatively connecting the first drive motor and the at least one circular saw blade to each other for driving the at least one circular saw blade. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The sawing apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising at least one belt drive operatively connected to the rotor for driving the rotor. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The sawing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the rotor comprises a hollow wheel and at least one endless belt of the at least one belt drive operatively connected to the rotor is guided across the hollow wheel. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The sawing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the at least one belt drive operatively connecting the first drive motor and the at least one circular saw blade to each other is arranged in an area outside of the hollow wheel. ### Claim 9 (depends on 5) The sawing apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising at least one length-adjustable coupling unit connected to the axis of rotation of the at least one circular saw blade and to a shaft of the at least one belt drive operatively connecting the first drive motor and the at least one circular saw blade to each other. ### Claim 10 (depends on 3) The sawing apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising a control unit and further comprising a second drive motor operatively connected to the rotor, wherein the first and second drive motors are connected to the control unit. ### Claim 11 (depends on 3) The sawing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein a rotary speed of the rotor is controllable. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The sawing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the adjustable frame part is pivotable about an axis parallel to the axis of rotation of the at least one circular saw blade. ### Claim 13 A sawing apparatus for sawing workpieces of wood, plastic material and the like, comprising: an adjustable frame part; a first drive motor fastened to the adjustable frame part; at least one circular saw blade operatively connected to the first drive motor and drivable in rotation by the first drive motor about an axis of rotation of the at least one circular saw blade; wherein the apparatus includes a mechanism for determining a ready position based on a cross-section of a workpiece; wherein the at least one circular saw blade is adjustable from a ready position on one side of a workpiece support into a working position in engagement with a workpiece; wherein the circular saw blade is drivable through an angular travel cutting stroke beginning at said ready position to cut a workpiece in a controlled manner; wherein the adjustable frame part is adjustable at least in a vertical direction and/or in a horizontal direction transverse to the axis of rotation of the at least one circular saw blade as a function of a cross-section of a workpiece to be sawed to set the adjustable frame part in a ready position. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The sawing apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the at least one circular saw blade in the ready position is positioned in an area below a transport path for workpieces through the sawing apparatus. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The sawing apparatus according to claim 13, further comprising a rotor, wherein the axis of rotation of the at least one circular saw blade is rotatably and eccentrically supported in the rotor and wherein the rotor has an axis of rotation parallel to the axis of rotation of the at least one circular saw blade. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The sawing apparatus according to claim 15, wherein a position of the at least one circular saw blade is adjustable in the ready position relative to the rotor. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The sawing apparatus according to claim 16, further comprising at least one belt drive operatively connecting the first drive motor and the at least one circular saw blade to each other for driving the at least one circular saw blade. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The sawing apparatus according to claim 17, further comprising at least one belt drive operatively connected to the rotor for driving the rotor. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The sawing apparatus according to claim 18, wherein the rotor comprises a hollow wheel and at least one endless belt of the at least one belt drive operatively connected to the rotor is guided across the hollow wheel. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The sawing apparatus according to claim 19, wherein the at least one belt drive operatively connecting the first drive motor and the at least one circular saw blade to each other is arranged in an area outside of the hollow wheel. ### Claim 21 (depends on 17) The sawing apparatus according to claim 17, further comprising at least one length-adjustable coupling unit connected to the axis of rotation of the at least one circular saw blade and to a shaft of the at least one belt drive operatively connecting the first drive motor and the at least one circular saw blade to each other. ### Claim 22 (depends on 15) The sawing apparatus according to claim 15, further comprising a control unit and further comprising a second drive motor operatively connected to the rotor, wherein the first and second drive motors are connected to the control unit. ### Claim 23 (depends on 15) The sawing apparatus according to claim 15, wherein a rotary speed of the rotor is controllable. ### Claim 24 (depends on 13) The sawing apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the adjustable frame part is pivotable about an axis parallel to the axis of rotation of the at least one circular saw blade.