Table saw

US6688202B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BLACK & DECKER INC. · US

Inventors

• James R. Parks · White Hall, US
• Robert S. Gehret · Hampstead, US
• Scott M. Livingston · Catonsville, US
• Michael L. O'Banion · Westminster, US
• Robert P. Welsh · Cockeysville, US
• William S. Taylor · Glen Rock, US
• Todd Huston · Timonium, US
• Edwin Zehr · Taneytown, US
• Scott E. Stropkay · Carlisle, US
• David Weissburg · Cambridge, US
• Mark A. Nichols · Boston, US
• William R. Stumpf · Kingsville, US
• Lewis Rohr · Fayetteville, US
• Henry Tew · Fayetteville, US
• Thomas Paladino · Naperville, US
• Paul Eichelberger · Landisville, US
• David E. Duncanson · Newbury, US
• Jerry Holleman · Apex, US
• Adan Ayala · Owings Mills, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 24, 2002
• Grant date: Feb 10, 2004
• Expiry date: Oct 24, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T83/929
• WIPO field: Machine tools
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A table saw including a base, a main table supported by the base, first and second rails attached to the table, a sliding table fixedly attached to the rails and sliding along the longitudinal axis of the rails and a cross-cut table slidably movable in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the rails. The cross-cut table may be adjusted to ensure movement parallel to a blade protruding from the main table. An improved miter gauge assembly is also disclosed. An improved fence assembly is further disclosed herein. In addition, a table saw having an improved panel and leg construction is disclosed herein.