Patent ID: 11897044
Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
Field: Machine tools (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 15:
16. A cutting machine, comprising:
a table on which a workpiece is placeable;
a cutting machine body vertically movable relative to the table, the cutting machine body capable of holding a blade;
a tilting body supporting the cutting machine body in a manner laterally tiltable relative to the table;
a tilting lock configured to lock the cutting machine body at a tilt position;
a lever member operable to adjust the tilt position of the cutting machine body in an unlocked state of the tilting lock, the lever member including
a fulcrum coupled to the table in a manner rotatable about an axis,
a load point portion coupled to the tilting body, and
an arm extending from the fulcrum;

a tilting mount tiltably supporting the tilting body; and
an auxiliary member between the lever member and the tilting mount, the auxiliary member including an auxiliary fulcrum, an auxiliary load point portion, and an auxiliary effort point portion,
wherein one of the auxiliary fulcrum or the auxiliary load point portion is coupled to the tilting mount and another of the auxiliary fulcrum or the auxiliary load point portion is coupled to the lever member, and
wherein a distance between the auxiliary effort point portion and the auxiliary fulcrum is greater than a distance between the auxiliary load point portion and the auxiliary fulcrum.