Patent ID: 8844415
Filing Date: 2014-09-30
Classification: B23D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A power tool comprising: a table structure including a work surface and defining a blade slot; a frame supporting said table structure; a blade assembly including; a blade operably positioned within said blade slot; a motor assembly coupled to said blade to operate the blade; and a carriage assembly supporting said motor assembly and pivotably mounted relative to said table structure to adjust the angular orientation of said blade relative to said table structure, said carriage assembly defining a chamber within which said blade operates and a discharge chute for discharge of dust and debris during operation of said blade, said carriage assembly including a cover arranged to define a gap between an upper edge of said cover and the underside of the table structure in which the size of the gap varies as the carriage assembly pivots relative to the table structure; and a dust cover assembly including a cover element between said carriage assembly and said table structure and sized to substantially cover said gap at all angular orientations of said blade relative to said table structure, said cover element having one end mounted to said carriage assembly and an opposite end mounted to said table structure, at least one of said one end and said opposite end mounted for movement relative to the corresponding carriage assembly and table structure.