Patent ID: 6370997
Filing Date: 2002-04-16
Classification: B23D,Y10T

Abstract:
A transportable table saw comprising:an exterior housing which is approximately square in plan view, said exterior housing having a non-reversible tabletop forming a workpiece support surface with a saw slot therein as well as left and right side panels defining a front side, a rear side, a left side and a right side of the exterior housing, the tabletop being in the exterior housing for rotation about a vertical axis which is perpendicular to said workpiece support surface, the exterior housing having a recess which emanates from the front side and extends between the left and right sides of the exterior housing under the tabletop so that the exterior housing has a horizontal U-shape; a sawing unit slidably arranged underneath the tabletop for movement relative to the workpiece support surface in a pulling direction, said sawing unit being mounted for rotation with the tabletop about said vertical axis and being inclinable to at least one side of a mitre cut axis in said pulling direction, said sawing unit having a driven saw blade, the saw blade protruding through the saw slot from below and being movable in the saw slot in said pulling direction with sliding movement of the sawing unit; and a control element for swiveling the tabletop being arranged in said recess so as to be freely swivelable in left and right directions from a center swiveling position of the tabletop.