Patent ID: 6119674
Filing Date: 2000-09-19
Classification: B23D

Abstract:
A manually operated device for cutting stones, concrete and similar materials, comprising a cutting element (90, 190) including a rotatable ring-shaped support member (50, 150) having a circumferential indentation (51, 151), and a band-shaped continuous cutting tool (70, 170) provided with a plurality of cutting bodies (71, 171) and cooperating with the indentation (51, 151) of the support member (50, 150); means (20, 120) for rotating the cutting element (90, 190); a device (60, 160) for tensioning the cutting tool (70, 170); and at least one spring member (62, 162, 163) for displacing the tensioning device (60, 160) in at least one direction.