Patent ID: 7698978

Claim:
A cutting device comprising: a table for placing a workpiece thereon; a saw blade protruding from an upper surface of the table; a splitter positioned in alignment with the saw blade; a guard device arranged and constructed to cover the saw blade; a kickback preventing claw member arranged and constructed to prevent the workpiece from being forced upward by the saw blade after the workpiece has been cut by the saw blade; and a mount frame detachably mounted to an upper portion of the splitter; wherein the guard device and the kickback preventing claw member are supported on the mount frame, the guard device is removable from the mount; frame, the kickback preventing claw member is vertically pivotally supported by the mount frame and is pivotable between a lower kickback preventing position and an upper rest position, when the kick back preventing claw member is at the lower kickback preventing position, the kickback preventing claw member contacts with a workpiece placed on the table, when the kick back preventing claw member is at the upper rest position, the kickback preventing claw member does not contact with a workpiece placed on the table, a claw holding device constructed to be able to hold the kickback preventing claw member at the upper rest position, wherein the mount frame comprises a pair of parallel protection arms extending forwardly from the mount frame with respect to the cutting direction, the kickback preventing claw member has a first end pivotally joined to the protection arms and a second end opposite to the first end, the second end being configured as a free end and having at least one claw that contacts with the workpiece placed on the table, the kickback preventing claw member extends along and between the protection arms when the kickback preventing claw member is positioned in the upper rest position, and the claw holding device engages the second end of the kickback preventing claw member for preventing the kickback preventing claw member from moving from the rest position toward the kickback preventing position.