Patent ID: 6073531
Filing Date: 2000-06-13
Classification: B23D,B26D,Y10T

Abstract:
A band sawing machine with saw blade tension adjustment comprising:a housing plate;a support plate being attached to said housing plate and having a slot therein;two stop plates being attached to said housing plate and under said support frame, said stop plates being opposite to each other to form a track;a sliding seat being substantially rectangular, being provided with an axial threaded hole at an edge thereof and a projecting post positioned below said axial threaded hole, and being disposed in said track;a securing plate being fastened to said stop plates by screws, and elongated hole being provided therein through which said projecting post on the slide seat extends;an adjusting rod with a first and a second end, said first end being provided with a round hole, said second end being a threaded end, wherein said adjusting rod passes through an elongated hole in the housing plate and further passes through said slot in the support frame, said threaded end engaging with said axial threaded hole on the sliding seat;a substantially cylindrical urging seat with a third and a fourth end, said third end having an annular peripheral portion with a plurality of projections thereon spaced therebetween by a plurality of depressions, a cavity extending from said fourth end inwardly, and an axial hole extending from said third end inwardly and communicating with said cavity, said adjusting rod extending through said axial hole and said cavity;a spring being received in said cavity in the urging seat around said adjusting rod, and being biased against said support frame;an urging knob with two urging portions, a substantially closed end, and an open end, said urging portions extending inwardly from said substantially closed end and disposed oppositely and symmetrically with respect to each other and in slidable contact with said urging seat to slide between said projections and said depressions on the urging seat, said substantially closed end being provided with an axial hole such that said adjusting rod extends through said open end of said axial hole and out of said urging knob;an adjusting knob being turnably located at said substantially closed end of the urging knob and receiving said first end of the adjusting rod, and being engaged with said adjusting rod by way of a bolt passing through said adjusting knob and said round hole of said first end of the adjusting rod;a wheel axle with two ends, one of said ends being a threaded end engaging with said projecting post of the sliding seat;a wheel frame being fitted with the other one of said ends of the wheel axle and being retained on said wheel axle by a retaining ring; andan annular saw blade surrounding said wheel frame, whereby the urging knob and the adjusting knob are operable to adjust tension of the annular saw blade.