Patent ID: 6164161
Filing Date: 2000-12-26
Classification: B23D,Y10T

Abstract:
A sharpener for a band saw blade of a band saw, with a blade having a cutting edge with a plurality of teeth thereon, said sharpener comprising:a sharpener frame securable to the band saw, for sharpening the blade of the band saw with the blade remaining in operational position on the band saw, said sharpener frame including:means for securing about the blade, said securing means comprising a lower mechanism having a selectively openable and latchable upper lid hinged thereto, with said lower mechanism and said lid for sandwiching the blade therebetween with said lid being latched to said lower mechanism,means for holding the blade in proper alignment relative to said sharpener frame,means for advancing the blade, andmeans for consecutively sharpening each of the teeth of the blade, including a pivotally mounted sharpening motor arm having a distal end with a sharpening motor affixed thereto, said sharpening motor having a sharpening wheel extending therefrom with said sharpening wheel defining a plane for selective alignment with each of the teeth of the blade, a sharpening motor cam arm affixed to said sharpening motor arm, a combination cam and eccentric with said cam arm communicating with said combination cam and eccentric, and a drive motor driving said combination cam and eccentric, with said sharpening motor arm periodically positioning said sharpening wheel into a position for sharpening engagement with each one of the teeth of the blade.