Patent ID: 6327949
Filing Date: 2001-12-11
Classification: B23D,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A radial arm saw safety device for protecting the hand of a workman from the saw blade, comprising:(a) a slotted carriage unit attached to the tabletop of a power saw;(b) a slidable bar parallel to said saw blades having a stop end and a handle end, slidably attached to said carriage unit;(c) a handle, pivotably attached to said slidable bar, comprising an essentially rectangular guard face plate having a blade edge and an open edge, perpendicular to said slide bar, a blade side shield panel perpendicular and attached to the blade edge of said plate and an open side panel perpendicular and attached to the open edge of said blade;(d) a plurality of outwardly biased anti-kickback pins located vertically along the blade edge of said guard face plate; and(e) a gripping bar connected between said side panels.