Patent ID: 7174823

Claim:
A saw blade, comprising: a cutting edge including a plurality of first means for cutting spaced relative to each other, each first means including: a tip; a rake face formed on one side of the tip; a primary clearance surface formed on an opposite side of the tip relative to the rake face; at least one secondary clearance surface formed on an opposite side of the primary clearance surface relative to the tip; and a gullet located on an opposite side of the rake face relative to the tip and defining a depth (D) between a base surface of the gullet and the tip; wherein each first means defines: a first gullet radius (R 1 ) located between the gullet and the at least one secondary clearance surface; a second gullet radius (R 2 ) extending between a base surface of the gullet and the rake face; and a pitch (P) between the respective first means and a preceding first means in a cutting direction of the saw blade; and wherein R 2 >D>R 1 , and D/P is within the range of about 25% to about 35%.