Patent ID: 7047650

Claim:
A hand-operated circular saw having a blade cutting depth adjustment device comprising: a hollow interior tubular body having a hand grasp portion and a head portion from which is a motor operating a threaded axis protruded, a peripherally threaded circular protrusion on a lateral side thereof, a plurality of first screw holes spacedly formed in said lateral side around said circular protrusion and a pair of second screw holes respectively formed in opposing sides of the head portion; an upper plate disposed to said head portion having a plurality of through holes respectively engaged with said first screw holes and secured by a plurality of screws, a protrudent circular hole in a plane portion engaged on the peripherally threaded circular protrusion, a pair of pivotal tubes spacedly projected upward from an upper surface of the upper plate for respectively receiving a pair of springs and a pair of internally threaded cylinder rods therein, a pair of quickly operated bolts engaged with upper end of said cylinder rods respectively, wherein said pivotal tubes each having graduations on their outer periphery and a pair horizontal arc protrusions spacedly formed on the upper surface positioned on opposing sides of said protrudent circular hole each having a central bore and a tilting screw hole engageable with a pair butterfly bolts; an internally threaded tube engaged with said threaded axis of said head portion; a guard plate engaged with said circular protrusion of said head portion; a circular saw blade secured to said threaded axis by a disk with a pad ring engaged therebetween; a lower plate having a pair of through holes spacedly formed at two ends engaged with lower end of said internally threaded cylinder rods respectively secured and by a pair of screws, a pair of projections spacedly projecting upward from an upper surface of the lower plate and each having a flat top engageable with the graduations of said pivotal tubes respectively; a lateral plate having a straight portion and an oblique portion and each of said portions having a pair of parallel slits engageable with said saw blade, wherein said straight portion further having a pair of through holes spacedly formed in two ends of said parallel slits and connected with outer end of a pair of internally threaded elongate cylinder rods respectively secured by a pair of screws, said elongate cylinder rods each having an inner end slidably inserted into said horizontal arc protrusions of said upper plate respectively fastened by said butterfly bolts; a U-shaped handle pivoted to said second screw holes of said head portion by a pair of screws respectively; whereby said hand-operated circular saw is portable.