Patent ID: 7111405

Claim:
A power scroll saw ( 10 , 100 ) with a housing ( 12 , 120 ) and a saw blade ( 18 , 180 ) capable of being driven in a reciprocating manner, and with tongs-like guide means ( 26 , 260 ) that guide the saw blade ( 18 , 180 ) in a laterally-supported manner, wherein the guide means ( 26 , 260 ) are capable of being switched by hand selectively into a position having lateral clearance from the saw blade ( 18 , 180 ) and into a position in which they laterally support the saw blade ( 18 , 180 ), wharein the guide means ( 26 , 260 ) attempt to move, with spring preload, into the position in which they laterally support the saw blade ( 18 , 180 ), wherein a push-button ( 52 , 520 ) is provided, and when it is actuated, the guide means ( 26 , 260 ) abruptly move into their position in which they laterally support the saw blade ( 18 , 180 ), wherein elastically preloaded sliding members ( 45 , 46 ) guided along a straight line are provided for closing and/or opening the tongs-like guide means ( 26 , 260 ), wherein the two sliding members ( 45 , 46 ) are supported such that they are displaceable relative to each other, whereby one sliding member ( 45 ) forcibly carries along the other ( 46 ) in a direction of travel and is capable of being moved back in the opposite direction of travel, wherein a driving means ( 48 ) is situated between the first sliding member ( 45 ) and the second ( 46 ), whereby, in the “closed” position of the guide tongs ( 26 ), an axial clearance of approximately 0.5 mm between the driving means ( 48 ) and the second sliding member ( 46 ) exists in the direction of displacement toward the “open” position.