Patent ID: 9533361
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: B23D,B27B,Y10T

Claim:
1. A cutting machine comprising: a table for placing thereon a workpiece to be cut; a cutting unit having a cutter; a stopper device; and a position determining mechanism configured to cooperate with the stopper device for determining a position of the cutting unit at at least four set positions including a vertical position and at least three tilt positions that are not vertical where the cutting unit is tilted at different tilt angles in a left or right direction from the vertical position; wherein the position determining mechanism includes a single operation member movable in a linear direction and configured to switch the position of the cutting unit between two set positions of the at least four set positions according to a position of the operation member along the linear direction, wherein a plane of the cutter of the cutting unit is perpendicular to a top surface of the table when the cutting unit is in the vertical position, wherein the position determining mechanism further comprises: wherein the first switching member moves along a circular arc path by the releasing operation of the operation member, and the second switching member moves along a linear path by the movement of the first switching member; and wherein the operation member moves along a linear path.