Emerson Electric Company

Home Depot USA, Inc.

Curtis J Eccardt

Keith R Schoene

Kiyoshi Hoshino

Richard B Brundage

Matthew A Williams

Daniel A Terpstra

Jason E Hill

Edgar Montague

Robert R Hollis

Paul J Eckhoff

George J Groya

Arnold L Smith

Jay Fording

Arthur Wu

Mark Oberpriller

A flexible accessory tool for a vacuum appliance is described, comprising an elongated body with a body portion having an attachment end, a nozzle end spaced apart from the attachment end and having an opening formed therein, and a flexible intermediate region for imparting flexibility to the accessory tool during use. The flexible intermediate region is made up of a rigid skeleton portion having a one or more ribs and support struts, over which a layer of non air-permeable flexible material is applied. During use, the flexible accessory tool may be bent to extreme angles in order to reach and clean debris from hard to reach areas, while not suffering from a decrease in vacuum air flow through the tool as it flexes.

Flexible crevice tool attachment for vacuum appliances

Backpack vacuum cleaner

Vacuum appliance

Vacuum appliance with wall mount

Wall mounted vacuum cleaner

A table saw apparatus including an extendable table. The table saw also includes a rip fence with a constant alignment spring finger to ensure alignment at all times between the rip fence and the table saw blade. The table saw further includes a self-adjusting rip fence scale associated with the extending portion of the table. The table saw further includes a self-aligning blade guard that, once adjusted a first time, ensures alignment between the blade guard and the blade on any subsequent installations of the guard. The table saw also includes a novel cradle assembly for elevating and beveling the blade.

Table saw

A table saw includes a work support table that defines a blade slot therethrough and at least one guide groove oriented generally parallel to the slot. A pair of trunnions are attached to the lower surface of the work support table, with at least one of the trunnions defining an adjustment opening having opposing sides. A cradle assembly has a blade mounted therein driven by a motor, and it is supported by the trunnions such that at least a portion of the blade extends through the slot in the work support surface. To provide adjustment of the blade heel, an adjustment member is received by the adjustment opening in the trunnion and is rotatably attached to the lower surface of the work support table. Rotation of the adjustment member causes the adjustment member to contact one of the opposing sides of the adjustment opening, thus moving the trunnion to adjust the position of the blade relative to the guide groove.

Table saw blade heel adjuster

Rip fence for a table saw

Jobsite table saw

Miter gauge

A miter saw clamp accessory to facilitate vertical and/or horizontal clamping of a workpiece against a supporting worktable and fence is disclosed. The miter saw clamp accessory includes a pair of extension rods extending laterally outwardly from one end of a frame with a clamp support mounted on such extension rods. A clamp shaft is adapted to be mounted in a top opening of the clamp support for vertical clamping or in a side opening of the clamp support for horizontal clamping of the workpiece. A clamp assembly is mounted on the clamp shaft and includes a connecting arm for adjustable mounting of a clamping arm having a workpiece clamp at one end that is arranged for confronting opposed positioning relative to the frame for vertical clamping or to the fence for horizontal clamping of the workpiece. A miter saw crown molding jig accessory is also disclosed for mounting on a miter saw frame. This accessory includes a shaft mounted immediately adjacent to the worktable fence and a clamp head that is adjustably mounted on the shaft and includes a vertically extending bearing surface and a horizontally extending upper shoulder which overhangs the vertically extending bearing surface. The clamp head is moved on the shaft until the horizontally extending upper shoulder rests on a top edge of the crown molding while the vertically extending bearing surface engages a side edge of the crown molding in alignment with the worktable fence.

Clamping devices for compound miter saws

Variable speed scroll saw

An adjustable side extension for a work table of a power tool (e.g., a direct drive table saw) is disclosed in which the side extension may be readily adjustably movable with respect to the work table so that the work surface of the work table and the side extension are general coplanar, and such that one edge of both the work table and the side extension are in line with one another. Other than the fasteners required to secure the side extension to the work table, no other loose parts, such as shims, washers, slide cam blocks or the like, are required to adjust the side extension with respect to the work table.

Adjustable side extensions for work table

Scroll saw

A scroll or jigsaw of the walking beam type is disclosed in which the upper and lower beams or arms are of hollow, tubular construction so as to have sufficient rigidity to resist up and down vibrational movement, and so as to permit lateral cutting. The beams are mounted in a pair of identical die cast frame members, and the drive motor is mounted directly to the rear of the frame members. The motor is connected to the rear ends of the beams for reciprocably driving them. The frame members, together with the motor, are pivotally mounted relative to a base or table frame thereby to permit angling of the saw blade (as opposed to tilting the table) for bevel cuts.

Walking beam scroll saw

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Defiance, MO, United States of America

Curtis J Eccardt