Patent ID: 6994004
Filing Date: 2006-02-07
Classification: B23D,B27B,B27G,F16P,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A table saw comprising: a frame including a table defining a work surface; a rotatable blade coupled to the frame and extendable up through the work surface; an adjustment mechanism configured to selectively raise and lower the blade relative to the table; a brake mechanism configured to engage and decelerate the blade; and a brake positioning system configured to adjust the position of the brake mechanism to maintain the brake mechanism in an operative position relative to the blade as the blade is raised and lowered, where the brake positioning system includes a positioning member configured to maintain the brake mechanism adjacent the blade, where the positioning member is elongated with one end adjacent the arbor and the other end adjacent the brake mechanism, and where the positioning member is configured to pivot around the arbor.