Patent ID: 6481322
Filing Date: 2002-11-19
Classification: B23D,B23Q,Y10T

Abstract:
A sawing apparatus combined with a marking device comprising:a) a sawing apparatus, said sawing apparatus including: a supporting stage for supporting an article to be cut; a spindle rotatably coupled to a rear side of said supporting stage; a blade rack having an inner end and an outer end; the inner end of said blade rack pivotally coupled to said spindle at a swing center, said blade rack having a handle mounted thereto; a motor connected to a first power source and mounted to said blade rack; and, a saw blade rotatably coupled to said motor and disposed at the outer end of said blade rack; and b) a marking device, said marking device including: a fixing frame mounted atop said swing center at the inner end of said blade rack; a rectangular case clamped within said fixing frame, said rectangular case having a threaded hole formed in each of four sides thereof and four set screws respectively engaged therein; and, a marker connected to a second power source and disposed within said rectangular case and having a plurality of surface portions each in contact with a respective one of said four set screws, wherein said marker is displaceable in each of two orthogonal directions relative to said rectangular case by rotation of respective opposing pairs of said set screws, said marker including a light source for emission of red light, a cylindrical lens aligned with said light source, and an aperture through said marker aligned with said cylindrical lens, wherein said red light is formed into a straight cutting line on a work piece to be cut disposed on said supporting stage.