Patent ID: 8480339
Filing Date: 2013-07-09
Classification: B23D,B27F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A cutting apparatus configured for coping a piece of wall trim, said apparatus including: a support frame including an upper support and a plurality of legs being attached to and extending downwardly from said upper support; a cutting assembly including a saw blade and motor for rotating said saw blade, said saw blade being a circular saw blade; a panel being mounted to said support frame, said panel having a planar upper surface, said saw blade extending above and below said upper surface, said panel and said cutting assembly being movable with respect to each other to allow a portion of the wall trim extending over an edge of said panel to be cut by said saw blade; a control guide being in communication with said panel, said control guide being configured to follow contouring on a face of a piece of guide trim to restrict movement of said panel and said cutting assembly with respect to each other to allow said cutting assembly to cope an ending of the piece of wall trim; said cutting assembly being configured to be raised or lowered with respect to said upper support; said saw blade having an axis of rotation orientated parallel to a plane of said upper surface; a mounting coupling said panel to said upper support, said mounting allowing movement of panel toward or away from said cutting assembly to define an x-movement and laterally left or right of said cutting assembly to define a y-movement, said mounting including a first rail assembly and a second rail assembly coupled together and being positioned between and being attached to said upper support and said panel, one of said first and second rail assemblies allowing said x-movement of said panel and one of said first and second rail assemblies allowing said y-movement of said panel.