Patent ID: 7004055
Filing Date: 2006-02-28
Classification: B27B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for steering saw blades comprising: an arbor rotatable about a rotational axis; a plurality of saw blades mounted on the arbor so that the plurality of saw blades are rotatable with the arbor and are angularly adjustable in relation to the rotational axis of the arbor; a rigid guide assembly having a plurality of guides with each guide accommodating one of the plurality of saw blades such that movement of the guide assembly angularly adjusts each of the plurality of saw blades in unison with one another, and a leading edge of each of the plurality of saw blades being positioned along a common alignment plane; a table supporting the guide assembly, the table having a single pivot axis spaced from and extending substantially perpendicular to an arbor plane in which the rotational axis of the arbor lies and rotates, the single pivot axis intersecting the alignment plane such that the leading edge of each of the plurality of saw blades remains positioned along the alignment plane as the guide support rotates about the single pivot axis to move the guide assembly and alter the angular position of the plurality of saw blades.