Patent ID: 6860182

Claim:
A bandsaw blade roller guide comprising a body member having a front face and a rear face and mountable by suitable bearing means for rotation about an axis passing through said faces, said body member having an outer peripheral surface parallel to said axis for rollingly engaging a side flat face of a bandsaw blade and said body member having a flange extending outwardly from said rear face adjacent an edge thereof, said flange having a front face surface disposed perpendicular to said peripheral surface for engaging the rear edge of said bandsaw blade, said body member having a plurality of air flow passages extending there through with inlets thereto in selected one of said front and rear faces and outlets therefrom in the other one of said faces; and funneling means adjacent each one of said inlets of said body member for causing air to flow through said air flow passages during rotation of said roller guide, said funneling means comprising a louver defining an entry portion including a concave depression extending from a leading edge of said louver having a gradually decreasing slope toward a trailing edge and terminating in a rear wall adjacent said trailing edge of said entry portion.