Patent ID: 6382065
Filing Date: 2002-05-07
Classification: B23D,Y10T

Abstract:
A band saw apparatus, comprising:a frame; a driving pulley wheel mounted on the frame; an idler shaft extending from the frame and spaced from the driving pulley wheel, the shaft fixed in a non-rotatable state; an idler pulley wheel assembly positioned on the shaft for rotation relative thereto; and a latch mechanism mounted on an end of the shaft and including a latch part rotatably connected to the end of the shaft and movable between a first position defining a latching state of the mechanism in which a portion of the latch part extends beyond an outer surface of the shaft and a second position defining a non-latching state of the mechanism in which the latch part is positioned entirely within or in substantial alignment with the outer surface of the shaft, wherein the idler pulley wheel assembly can be slid off the end of the shaft when the latch mechanism is in the non-latching state.