Patent ID: 8266997
Filing Date: 2012-09-18
Classification: B23D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A table saw comprising: a blade; a motor adapted to drive the blade; a table defining a work surface; an opening in the table through which the blade is selectively raised and lowered; a throat plate configured to be removably positioned within the opening, where the throat plate includes a perimeter and a rear end region; a blade slot in the throat plate through which the blade can extend from beneath the table, where the blade slot has a width; an accessory mounting port extending through the throat plate to provide an opening for a table saw accessory to extend through the throat plate from beneath the table, where the accessory mounting port intersects with the blade slot and with the perimeter of the throat plate; an accessory mount positioned beneath the table and configured to hold the table saw accessory so the table saw accessory can extend through the accessory mounting port in the throat plate; and a height adjustment mechanism positioned adjacent the accessory mounting port and further toward the rear of the throat plate than the intersection of the accessory mounting port with the blade slot, where at least a portion of the height adjustment mechanism secures the rear end region of the throat plate in the table saw.