Patent ID: 6412380
Filing Date: 2002-07-02
Classification: B23D,B27B,Y10T

Abstract:
An improved angle guide for a band saw blade guid assembly of a saw mill which conventionally includes a base plate for attachment of saw stabilizing metal insert thereto and a backing plate adjoining one end of said base plate and extending at a right angle from said base plate for attachment to the saw mill, the improvement of which comprises a block member disposed in a corner between said plates extending along said corner parallel to, opposing and spaced from a back edge of a band saw blad of the mill when said angle guide is disposed in an operative position, said block member defining an anir inlet port opening onto a surface thereof for attachment to a source of high pressure air, said block member also defining a hollow passageway extending from communication with said inlet port to an opening on a side of said block member expelling high pressure air along the back edge of the band saw blade in a direction of a work piece to be cut by the band saw blade when said angle guide is operatively positioned in the mill.