Patent ID: 8333182

Claim:
A saw blade comprising: a front face; a rear face; an arbor mount aperture extending through said front face and said rear face; a peripheral edge extending at a radius from said arbor mount aperture; a plurality of tips alongside said peripheral edge with a plurality of gaps between each of said plurality of tips; a plurality of slots, each of said plurality of slots positioned in each of said plurality of gaps, said slots extending through said front face and said rear face and extending from said peripheral edge in a vertical direction toward said arbor mount aperture, each of said plurality of slots further comprising: a channel that takes a slight curve as it extends toward said arbor mount aperture while remaining in a substantially vertical orientation until it terminates in a curve that is convex when viewed from said peripheral edge toward said arbor mount aperture, said curve extending in a first direction terminating in a first end and having a first length and a second direction terminating in a second end and having a second length, both said first end and said second end being substantially curved but not forming a complete circle but rather said first end terminating in a first aperture and said second end terminating in a second aperture wherein said first length is longer than said second length.