Patent ID: 8205533

Claim:
A saw blade protector for a cutting device having a table for placing thereon a workpiece, a saw blade protruding from an upper surface of the table, and a riving knife disposed in front of the saw blade in a moving direction of the workpiece for cutting the workpiece and positioned in line with the saw blade, the riving knife having a first flat surface and a second flat surface on a circumference thereof, the saw blade protector comprising: a guard plate constructed to cover the saw blade; a holding frame constructed to be mounted on an upper portion of the riving knife and to be able to support the guard plate, and an adjusting device having a first adjusting member and a second adjusting member that contact with the first flat surface and the second flat surface of the riving knife, respectively, the first adjusting member and the second adjusting member being movably and directly mounted on the holding frame in order to adjust a position of the holding frame relative to the upper surface of the table.