Patent ID: 9592563
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: B23D,B27B,B27G

Claim:
1. A two-bladed table saw comprising: a single table comprising a saw blade housing enclosing first and second saw blades and further comprising an upper frame defining a planar workpiece supporting surface; the first saw blade comprising a stationary circular saw blade mounted in the housing at a first side of the table with a portion extending from the housing above the planar workpiece supporting surface; the second saw blade comprising a parallel, independently-driven, laterally moveable circular saw blade mounted in the housing with a portion extending from the housing above the planar workpiece supporting surface, the moveable blade coaxial with the stationary blade and having a home position at an opposite second side of the table, the home position defining a maximum spacing of the moveable blade from the stationary blade; the planar workpiece supporting surface comprising a front support edge, a rear support edge, a stationary side support edge associated with the stationary blade, and a moveable side support edge associated with the moveable blade in the home position and including a moveable portion moveable away from the home position and the moveable side support edge with the moveable blade; the front, rear, stationary side and moveable side support edges defining a frame with an open lateral blade pathway in the planar workpiece supporting surface of the table between the front, rear, stationary side and moveable side support edges, the open lateral blade pathway defining an open area of travel for the moveable saw blade and the moveable portion of the moveable side support edge in the workpiece supporting surface between the stationary and moveable side support edges, the open lateral blade pathway further having a front-to-rear width between the front and rear support edges greater than the diameter of the moveable blade; wherein, the moveable blade and the moveable portion of the moveable side support edge are mounted on the table for lateral movement together as a unit in the open lateral blade pathway between the home position and an away position defining a minimum spacing between the moveable blade and the stationary blade, the movement of the moveable blade and the moveable portion of the moveable side support edge toward the away position reducing the width of the open lateral blade pathway between the moveable and stationary blades.