Table saw guard

US7665393B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BLACK & DECKER INC. · US

Inventors

• Michael L. O'Banion · Westminster, US
• Warren A. Ceroll · Owings Mills, US
• James R. Parks · White Hall, US
• Robert A. Berry · Fincastle, US
• Robert P. Welsh · Cockeysville, US
• Daniel Puzio · Baltimore, US
• Michael L. Agronin · Owings Mills, US
• Philip T. Miller · Phoenix, US
• Robert J. Opsitos, Jr. · Red Lion, US
• Andrew E. Seman, Jr. · White Marsh, US
• John K. Horky · Timonium, US
• James P. Bascom · Bel Air, US
• Todd J. Huston · Timonium, US
• Matthew Webster · Central Falls, US
• Adan Ayala · Owings Mills, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 22, 2004
• Grant date: Feb 23, 2010
• Expiry date: May 31, 2025

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T83/96
• WIPO field: Machine tools
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A table saw guard assembly for guarding a blade on a table saw is provided. The table saw guard assembly includes a support structure and a hood assembly including at least one of a front curtain, first side curtain, second side curtain and top curtain, wherein each of said curtains are independently moveable and/or removable from the hood assembly. Furthermore, a table saw guard assembly is provided including a quick release mechanism for connecting the hood assembly to the support structure.