Patent ID: 8117953

Claim:
A stop rule for a table saw comprising: a hollow profile of substantially rectangular cross section extending in a longitudinal direction, the hollow profile being configured to be fastened on a saw table, wherein one side of the hollow profile comprises a guidance limb having an extension protruding in coplanar fashion laterally therefrom, the extension having at a front edge a guidance rule for thinner workpieces, such that, when the stop rule is in a laid-down position in which the guidance limb rests on the saw table, the guidance rule protrudes at a right angle upwardly from the saw table, wherein the laterally protruding extension has a support surface that is parallel to the saw table when the stop rule is in the laid-down position, an upwardly displaceable holddown for the thinner workpieces being fastened on the support surface, wherein the holddown comprises a profiled bar having an upwardly protruding limb that is fastened via a scissor linkage on a baseplate or on the support surface of the extension, and wherein a catch lever is provided for immobilization of the scissor linkage when the holddown is in a compression position resting on the workpiece, the catch lever being substantially parallel to the upwardly protruding limb of the profiled bar and being fixedly connected to an articulation axis of the scissor linkage, such to cause two levers of the scissor linkage to clamp against one another in an immobilized position.