Patent ID: 8099872

Claim:
A guide device for a saw blade that executes lifting motions, comprising: a clamping device engaging a fastening end of the saw blade ( 2 ), a pendulum guide device ( 5 ), associated with a saw blade spine, located axially spaced apart from the clamping device, wherein the pendulum guide device ( 5 ) has two axially spaced-apart guide elements ( 6 ) embodied as guide rollers ( 7 ) that are rotatably supported on guide roller axles ( 8 ) spaced from one another in a substantially vertical direction, which each guide rollers ( 7 ) has a substantially conical guide groove ( 10 ) for self-centering the saw blade spine, wherein the pendulum guide device ( 5 ) includes a pair of connection elements ( 9 ), each embodied in a form of a plate ( 16 ) and positioned on opposing sides of the guide rollers ( 7 ), which the pair of connection elements ( 9 ) receive the vertically spaced guide roller axles ( 8 ) of the guide rollers ( 7 ) together, and a roller lever ( 21 ) rotatably supporting the pair of connection elements ( 9 ) via a left pendulum axle ( 19 ) and a right pendulum axle ( 20 ), wherein the roller lever ( 21 ) is formed as a fork having a single horizontal upper part and two tines extending substantially vertically downwardly from the single horizontal upper part, wherein the pair of plates ( 16 ) includes a left connection plate rotatably supported on a left tine by the left pendulum axle, and a right connection plate rotatably supported on a right tine by the right pendulum axle, and wherein each pendulum axle is positioned in a midsection of each plate and at an end of each tine.