Patent ID: 8245614

Claim:
A table saw comprising: a base assembly having a front panel; a table assembly supported by the base assembly; a saw assembly having a blade extending through the table assembly and a height adjustment crank disposed forwardly of the front panel along a predetermined direction, the predetermined direction being opposite to a direction in which a workpiece is moved into the blade for cutting, the blade being disposed rearwardly of the front panel along the predetermined direction; a riving knife assembly connected to the saw assembly, the riving knife assembly having a removable riving knife disposed rearwardly of the blade along the predetermined direction, and a riving knife locking mechanism for locking the riving knife in the riving knife assembly; and a handle mounted to one of the base assembly and the table assembly, the handle being disposed forwardly of the blade along the predetermined direction and connected to the riving knife locking mechanism for releasing the riving knife without using additional tools.