Patent ID: 6415699
Filing Date: 2002-07-09
Classification: B27G,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A saw comprising:a saw assembly comprising an upper saw blade guard and a motor which can be actuated by an on-off switch arrangement and can rotatingly drive a saw blade mounted on the assembly, which saw assembly is pivotably mounted on a saw table such that the saw assembly can be lowered towards the table to cut a workpiece resting on the table, a lower moveable guard which is mounted to the upper guard so that the lower guard is moveable to expose a saw blade mounted on the assembly, p1 a guard lock arrangement operable by a user of the saw for locking the lower guard over a saw blade mounted on the saw assembly when the saw is not in use, the guard lock arrangement comprising a guard lock lever moveably mounted to the saw assembly and comprising a locking portion and a switch actuation portion such that, in an off-position of the guard lock lever, the locking portion engages the lower guard to prevent it from moving and, in an on-position of the guard lock lever, the locking portion is disengaged from the lower guard so that the lower guard is free to move to expose the saw blade and the switch actuation portion engages the on-off switch arrangement.