Patent ID: 6237229
Filing Date: 2001-05-29
Classification: B27B

Abstract:
A chain saw guide bar, comprisinga pair of elongated chain guide plates which are superimposed with each other, which have proximal ends and distal ends, and which are adapted to receive a saw chain along portions of the peripheries thereof;positioning slots formed adjacent the proximal ends of the chain guide plates that extend in the longitudinal direction of the guide plates and that are adapted to receive a pair of fixing stud bolts that project from a main body of a chain saw; anda chain-tightening device carried by the guide bar and includingan adjusting winding member carried by the guide plates in a fixed position distally of the positioning slots for rotation about an axis,a flexible wire, one end of which is connected with the adjusting winding member,a circular ring connected with the other end of the flexible wire, slidably received between the guide plates with an opening thereof at least partly registering with the positioning slots, and adapted to be received on one of the fixing stud bolts, anda returning member windingly engaged with an intermediate portion of the wire and stationarily located on a portion of the guide bar proximally of said one of the fixing stud bolts.