Patent ID: 6457244
Filing Date: 2002-10-01
Classification: B23D

Abstract:
A structure of a hacksaw comprising:a frame combined by fore part and a rear part; said fore part having a first projection projected upward from an arcuate portion thereof, a first tube connected with a lower end of the fore part including an first inward flange at rear end connected to a small pipe in center of the first tube and a plurality of connection rods spacedly projected outward from each lateral side adjacent upper end of the fore part; said rear part having a pistol-grip handle on rear end, a second tube connected to an under side of the handle including a second inward flange at an inwardly arcuate rear end, an inverse U-shaped groove in a body of the rear part, a plurality of inverse-L-shaped grooves in each lateral side of the body engageable with the connection rods of the fore part respectively, a second-projection on a top of the handle, an indentation under the handle and a protrudent member on an outer side of the indentation; a blade having a first eye adjacent a first end and a second eye adjacent second end; an adjustable mechanism disposed into the first tube of the fore port having a graduated cap including a rectangular block centrally projected inward from the inner surface of the bottom thereof and an inner thread inside the block, a hollow cylinder stopper having a first rectangular cavity in fore end engaged with the rectangular block of the cap and a central bore, a first spring biased between rear end of the stopper and the inner surface of the first inward flange and a threaded shank inserted through the flange and the stopper and then fastened to the inner thread of the rectangular block of the cap and having a rectangular head and a first bevel pin on a lateral side engaged into the first eye of the blade; a positioning mechanism having a shank including a rectangular head, a second bevel pin on a lateral side engaged within the second eye of the blade and an annular groove adjacent an inner end thereof, a hollow cylinder disposed into fore end of the second tube of the rear frame having a second rectangular cavity engaged with rectangular head of the shank inserted through the hollow cylinder and capture by a C-shaped retaining ring inside a tubular rod which has a third inward flange on rear end to stop the Câ€²-shaped retaining ring by inner surface of the flange and an aligned thru hole in a periphery adjacent rear end, a second spring wrapped on the tubular rod and biased between the hollow cylinder and inner surface of the second inward flange, and a wedge lever having a eccentric aligned in a lower portion engaged with the aligned thru hole of the tubular rod, a round bottom engageable with the inward arcuate end of the second tube and a thumbpiece on top engageable into the indentation and stopped by the protrudent member of the handle.