Patent ID: 6397831
Filing Date: 2002-06-04
Classification: B28D

Abstract:
A saw for cutting hard materials, comprising a guide rail (24) securable to a cut workpiece; a support (13) displaceable along the guide rail (24); a saw head (1) including drive means for driving a saw blade and having a drive shaft extending transverse to a longitudinal extent of the guide rail (24); guide means along which the saw head (1) is displaceable within predetermined limits and which is arranged on the support (13) and extends parallel to the drive shaft of the saw blade-driving drive means and transverse to the longitudinal extent of the guide rail (24); and quick release means (5) provided between the support (13) and the saw head (1) for connecting the saw head (1) with the support (13), wherein the quick release means (5) comprises a locking element arranged on the saw head (1) for securing the saw head (1) to the support (13); and a lever (9) pivotally supported on the saw head (1) for displacing the locking element parallel to the longitudinal extent of the guide rail (24) against the guide means.