Patent ID: 8695470

Claim:
A saw blade, comprising: a base body, the base body being made of a first metal material; and a plurality of teeth, the teeth being formed by a plurality of protrusions extending from the base body, the protrusions being made of the first metal material, each of the protrusions being connected to an insert, the inserts being made of a second material which is harder than the first metal material, the teeth including a cutting portion and a chip producing surface, the cutting portion and the chip producing surface being located at the insert, the chip producing surface being the surface that initially cuts a work piece to be cut in the sense of beginning separation of a chip from the remainder of the work piece, at least a part of the teeth being arranged in a group of teeth being repeatedly arranged along the base body, the group of teeth including at least three unset teeth having different widths, a broadest tooth in the group of teeth not including a chip deforming element being located next to the chip producing surface in a direction facing away from the cutting portion, and at least one other tooth in the group of teeth including a chip deforming element being located next to the chip producing surface in a direction facing away from the cutting portion, the chip deforming element being designed as a surface with which a chip is elastically-plastically deformed after it has been initially produced by the chip producing surface, the chip having a small winding radius and a short length.