Patent ID: 9205502
Filing Date: 2015-12-08
Classification: B23D

Abstract:
1. A reciprocating saw, comprising: a housing; a motor accommodated in the housing; a slider configured to be driven by the motor so that the slider reciprocates relative to the housing in a longitudinal direction, the slider having a forward tip end protruding forward beyond the housing, the slider having a joining portion at the forward tip end; a blade fixedly retrained by the joining portion such that the blade reciprocates with the slider to cut a workpiece; a protector made of an elastic material and extending about a periphery of the joining portion, the protector being rotatable relative to the blade; and a contact portion provided on the protector, the contact portion extending beyond the forward tip end of the slider in the longitudinal direction and being rotatable with the protector between (i) a non-contact position relative to the blade and (ii) a contact position configured to contact a surface of the blade fixedly retained by the joining portion.