Patent ID: 7823293
Filing Date: 2010-11-02
Classification: B27B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An electrically powered, hand-held circular saw, comprising: a housing for accommodating a motor; a base plate having a bottom surface arranged to engage with at least one of a workpiece and a guide rail; a hinge mechanism arranged to couple the housing to the base plate such that the housing is moveable relative to the base plate, the hinge mechanism comprising: at least one arm configured at a first end to moveably couple to the base plate and at a second end to moveably couple to the motor housing, a pin received in an aperture at the first end of the arm and configured to engage a fixed component of the base plate, and a resilient member positioned between the pin and the first end of the arm and arranged to urge a surface of the first end of the arm against a surface of the fixed component.