Patent ID: 9555490
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: B23D,Y10T

Claim:
1. A miter saw having a circular saw blade, comprising: a base; a turntable rotatably connected to said base; a support assembly fixedly extending from said turntable; a cutting arm pivotally connected to said support assembly and defining a width; an electric motor mounted on said cutting arm and including a motor shaft, said electric motor configured for movement with said cutting arm; an arbor assembly rotatably supported by said cutting arm and defining an axis of rotation, said arbor assembly configured to support the circular saw blade for rotation about said axis of rotation; a gear assembly supported by said cutting arm, configured for movement with said cutting arm, and positioned entirely outside of a nominal blade space of the circular saw blade of said miter saw; a first belt member operatively connected to said arbor assembly and said gear assembly; and a second belt member operatively connected to said gear assembly and to said motor shaft, wherein said nominal blade space is a cylindrical volume centered about said axis of rotation, defining a diameter at least as large as a diameter of the circular saw blade, and wherein said gear assembly causes said first belt member to run at a different speed than a running speed of said second belt member and/or said gear assembly causes said first belt member to run in a different rotational direction than a rotational direction of said second belt member.