Patent ID: 7181850

Claim:
A saber saw having a linear blade having one longitudinal side and another longitudinal side, teeth being formed at least at the one longitudinal side for cutting a workpiece, the saber saw comprising: a housing having a front side; a drive source disposed in the housing; a plunger linearly reciprocally movably supported in the housing, the plunger having a front side, the reciprocating direction of the plunger being only an extending direction of the plunger; a conversion mechanism for converting a rotation of the motor into a reciprocating motion of the plunger; a blade holding portion having a rear side pivotally movably connected to the front side of the plunger for holding a rear portion of the blade; and an inclined motion mechanism that forces a leading end portion of the blade to be inclined toward the workpiece when the blade is retractingly moved into the housing, the blade holding portion being pivotally moved in a direction of the inclination of the leading end portion of the blade, the inclined motion mechanism comprising: a first inclined motion regulating portion provided at an inner peripheral surface of the front side of the housing and at a side corresponding to the another longitudinal side of the blade; and a second inclined motion regulating portion disposed at the blade holding portion and abutable on the first inclined motion regulating portion for regulating a pivot angle of the blade holding portion with respect to the plunger when the blade is retractingly moved into the housing while the blade is subjected to reaction force from the workpiece as a result of actual cutting.