Patent ID: 7373865

Claim:
A saw table comprising: a table base having a first base end and a second base end; a clamping bar having a first end and a second end defining a longitudinal axis therebetween; a first track supported by said table base and extending parallel to said longitudinal axis between said first and second base ends and spaced from said table base for supporting a saw cradle; a second track extending parallel to said first track and spaced from said table base; a first track support and a second track support mounting said first track on said table base at said respective first and second base ends and spaced from said table base and with said second track mounted on said first and second track supports; a first pivoting arm operatively connected to said first end of said clamping bar to pivotally support said clamping bar at said first base end of said table base for pivotal movement about a pivot axis parallel to said longitudinal axis; a second pivoting arm operatively connected to said second end of said clamping bar to pivotally support said clamping bar at said second base end of said table base for pivotal movement about said pivot axis; said arms are pivotally mounted on said respective first and second track supports and each of said arms comprises: a socket for receiving said respective first and second ends of said clamping bar with each socket including an end wall extending transverse to said longitudinal axis for abutting and restricting movement of said ends of said clamping bar along said longitudinal axis, a lever wall extending transversely to said longitudinal axis from said socket to said pivot axis; a peripheral housing wall extending parallel to said longitudinal axis and transversely from said socket and said lever wall with each of said housing walls extending beyond said lever wall to define an opening between said lever wall and said housing wall; and a cover extending parallel to said lever wall and closing said housing wall; and a biasing device biasing said clamping bar about said pivot axis toward said table base to clamp a work piece between said clamping bar and said table base and resisting pivotal movement of said clamping bar in the opposite direction about said pivot axis, said biasing device comprises a spring extending through said opening of one of said pivoting arms between said lever wall and said track support.