Patent ID: 8113097

Claim:
A protective device for table-top circular saws ( 12 ), comprising: a tool ( 14 ) designed as a rotating, disk-shaped sawing tool, at least one actuator unit ( 16 ), a tool top cover ( 24 ); at least one protective unit ( 18 , 20 ) which includes several adjacently-located protective elements ( 26 , 28 ) and which is located within the top tool cover ( 24 ), and a bearing unit ( 70 ), which supports the protective elements ( 26 , 28 ) in at least one direction of motion ( 38 ) which is directed away from the rotating, disk-shaped tool ( 14 ), wherein in a waiting position the protective unit ( 18 , 20 ) is located entirely inside the top tool cover ( 24 ), wherein the actuator unit ( 16 ) is provided to move the protective unit ( 18 , 20 ) from the waiting position into a protective position ( 22 ) on the tool ( 14 ), wherein in the protective position ( 22 ) the protective unit ( 18 , 20 ) forms a lateral shell around the tool ( 14 ), which extends parallel to a main extension surface 66 of the tool 14 wherein the protective elements ( 26 , 28 ) are designed as lamellae and are position to be movable independently of each other.