Patent ID: 7497017
Filing Date: 2009-03-03
Classification: B23D

Abstract:
1. An electrically operated hand-held cutting tool comprising: a housing in which an electric motor is disposed for driving the tool, said motor having an output coupled to a reciprocating shaft; a clamp disposed at an end of the shaft; a saw blade disposed in the clamp; a footplate having an aperture and arranged to engage with a work-piece; and a conduit arranged for removal of a portion of debris ejected from the saw blade during a cutting operation, a shroud having a slot through which a portion of the saw blade can pass and arrange to cover a portion of the aperture, the shroud disposed on the footplate, and wherein upon disposing the footplate on a work-piece the shroud, the footplate and the work-piece define a volume arranged such that a portion of the saw blade having a plurality of cutting teeth enters the volume through the slot, and the clamp is excluded from the volume.