Patent ID: 6560886
Filing Date: 2003-05-13
Classification: B23Q,B27G

Abstract:
An auxiliary appliance for setting a cutting angle in mitre-cutting operations prior to cutting, comprising:two arms, the arms being pivotally interconnected by a hinge, each one of the arms having at least one orientation face, and an angle indicator connected to the hinge via a gear mechanism, the gear mechanism being adapted, upon relative pivotal motion of the arms, to pivot the angle indicator through an angle half as big as an angle of pivotal motion of the arms, wherein the gear mechanism comprises a first part that is stationarily arranged on a first one of the arms, and a second part that is movably arranged on a second one of the arms and meshes with the first part, the angle indicator being joined to the second part and extending in a plane essentially perpendicular to a pivotal plane of the arms.