Patent ID: 7516554

Claim:
A hack saw comprising a blade holding assembly and a blade lock assembly, said blade lock assembly comprising spaced moveable blade lock cams adapted to receive a blade therebetween, said blade lock cams being pivotally mounted separately and independently moveable on pivots, a controller for moving said moveable blade holding element lock cams toward each other from a position holding a blade in place to a position away from each other for releasing a blade for movement, each of said blade lock cams comprise a control finger and lock base with said lock bases adapted to receive a blade therebetween, the control fingers and lock bases of said blade lock cams are on opposite sides of said pivots whereby pivoting the control fingers in one direction will pivot the lock bases in the opposite direction, said controller comprises a threaded member threadably mounted on said frame, said blade holding assembly comprises a u-shaped blade holder one leg of which has means to hold a blade, a blade-receiving assembly extends from said blade lock assembly, said blade-receiving assembly extend rearwardly away from the blade lock assembly in a direction opposite to the blade holding assembly, said blade receiving assembly comprises a plurality of offset spaced partitions adapted to receive a blade therebetween, said blade receiving assembly is adapted to be mounted within a handle.