Omark Industries, Inc.

Blount, Inc.

Lewis A Scott

Duane M Gibson

Johann Weber

Raymond V Pomeroy

Kent L Huntington

John L Edgerton

Arthur J Woodfill

William G Killen

Francis E Hoffman

Kenneth R Bolkan

A saw chain for cutting hard abradable material is shown and described. The saw chain cuts with an abrasive particle impregnated mesh structure. In one embodiment, the saw chain has right and left support links carrying the diamond mesh upon inclined support surfaces inclined relative to the travel axis of the saw chain. The abrasive particle impregnated mesh contacts the material to be cut only adjacent its trailing edge. A consumable material exists between the impregnated mesh and the support surface. The impregnated mesh may extend downward along the side of the support link to maintain a constant kerf width. In another embodiment, a formed cover is mounted on joined side link pairs of the saw chain. The cover has an abrasive particle impregnated mesh on an inclined surface and on select areas of its side skirts. The skirts cover as least a portion of the bores in the drive links and support links to retain and protect the fasteners therein.

Cutting element and saw chain for cutting aggregate material

An abrasive cutting apparatus including a cutting chain formed of pivotally connected links is described for cutting rock, concrete and the like. The abrasive cutting chain is inverted so that its cutter links having abrasive cutting elements fixed thereto face inwardly of the endless loop of chain. A motor driven drive pulley having a groove which may be provided with an elastomer liner, engages the cutter links to drive the chain. A pair of idler pulleys with grooves that engage an outward projection on each of the center links of the chain guide the movement of the chain to provide lateral stability and proper tension to such chain. A releasable connection formed by a pair of connector side links and a connector pin with intermediate portions of reduced diameter, is employed to connect chain sections of standard length to form an endless chain of adjustable length and to enable replacement of broken sections in the field manually without the use of special tools.

Abrasive cutting apparatus including inverted cutting chain with inward

A cutting saw chain for aggregate materials including a loop of articulated chain links adapted to fit the guide bar of a chain saw. The guide bar is provided with a flushing system whereby pressurized water is directed through the bar and into the path of the guided saw chain to cool the chain and flush away debris formed in the cutting operation. The cutting link structure is a folded plate-like member formed into spaced side plate portions and an overhead connecting web. The side plate portions function like side links in a conventional saw chain and ride on the rails of the guide bar. Rivet holes are formed in the side plate portions. Rivets projected through the rivet holes connect the side plate portions to front and rear center links. The side plate portions are fixed in spaced relation by the connecting web an permits the use of rivets with straight shank. The connecting web supports front and rear sections of a cutting block. An opening is provided between the front and rear cutting block sections and through the underlying connecting web to provide a passageway for directing the pressurized water through the chain and directly into the kerf being cut.

Cutting chain for aggregate materials

A chain saw for cutting aggregate materials including a saw chain of interconnected center links and side link paris composed of heat-treated steel. Certain pairs of the side links support diamond impregnated matrix cutting blocks that are laser welded to the side links in a process where the laser beam is focused and orbited along the juncture to avoid stress risers in the steel material of the supporting side links. Drawing down of the zone adjacent the weld also is controlled to avoid stress risers. The guide bar is provided with a pattern of enclosed channels for directing water to the guide bar groove at spaced positions on the periphery of the guide bar edge for flushing away the aggregate dust generated by the cutting process. The channels are angularly directed toward the guide bar nose and have incrementally increased cross sections on progressing toward the guide bar nose to enhance the flushing operation. To reduce adhesvie wearing of the bearing surfaces, as between the saw chain components and as between the saw chain and guide bar, the guide bar rails, the rivet holes, and depending center link tang portions of the saw chain are hard-surfaced.

Chain saw components and system for cutting masonry and the like

A lightweight disposable cutting chain for use with small, compact power supplies comprises in one embodiment a series of links formed of wire. On certain links an end of the wire loop forming the link is cut to form a sharp edge capable of shaving material, such as wood, being cut. The links are arranged so that a narrow kerf is first cut by the links, other links being formed with cutting edges to shave material and widen the kerf. In other embodiments some or all of the links comprise metal plates formed by stamping from sheet metal.

Cutting chain

A gulletless saw chain having a cutting link with a cutter portion that is configured to be top sharpenable. A depth gauge portion is positioned in close proximity to the cutting edge corner of the cutter portion. The depth gauge is laterally offset to position the outer most edge of the depth gauge at the corner of the cutting edge to thereby control side penetration as well as depth penetration of the cutting edge. A drive link preceding the cutting link includes a guide portion with an inclined leading edge that corresponds with the leading edge of the depth gauge. A shallow V shaped opening is formed between the depth gauge and drive link guide portion to assist the cutting link in tracking in the kerf.

Saw chain with improved cutting depth control

The specification discloses a completely outside sharpenable saw chain of the chisel type in which top plate portions are sharpened on their tops and in which side cutter portions are sharpened on their outer sides. The chain has allochiral cutter teeth each having a top plate portion sloping rearwardly and downwardly and joined along one side edge to a side slitter plate portion sloping rearwardly and inwardly, a bent over shank portion, a body portion and a depth gauge portion, wherein the top plate portion, the side plate portion and the shank portion taken together are generally C-shaped in cross-section. The top plate portion has, at its top, a sharpenable end surface forming a top cutting edge ending in a corner chisel point from which a side cutting edge extends downwardly and rearwardly. The side cutting edge is formed where the sharpenable forward end surface of the side plate portion, oriented toward the outer side of the saw chain, intersects the inner face of said side plate portion. The bottom face of the top plate portion and the inner face of the side plate portion each have a layer of chromium thereon.

Saw chain

The specification discloses a completely outside sharpenable saw chain of the chisel type in which top plate portions are sharpened on their tops and in which side cutter portions are sharpened on their outer sides. The chain has allochiral cutter teeth each having a top plate portion sloping rearwardly and downwardly and joined along one side edge to a side slitter plate portion sloping rearwardly and inwardly, a bent over shank portion, a body portion and a depth gauge portion, the top plate portion, the side slitter plate portion and the shank portion being generally C-shaped. The top plate portion has at its top a sharpenable surface forming a top cutting edge which joins a corner chisel point from which extends downwardly and rearwardly a side slitting edge formed by a side plate sharpenable surface. The top plate portions are sharpened employing an attachment securable to the nose end of a saw bar around which the saw chain passes, the attachment carrying a flexible strip of abrasive material held against the saw chain top plate portions as a result of flexure of said strip. The attachment further includes a pair of side elements having abrasive surfaces spring biased against the side cutter portions.

Saw chain sharpening method and apparatus

A circular saw blade having a plurality of circumferentially-spaced cutter teeth projecting radially outwardly therefrom. A portion of the periphery of the blade rises gradually as it progresses toward the front face of a tooth to provide a depth gauge to control depth of cut. A chip clearing channel extends radially inwardly along the body of the blade adjacent the front face of the tooth. A pocket formed in the body has edge margins which receive and support front and rear surfaces of a cutter tip.

Circular saw blade

A cutting tool for use in applications wherein a kerf is formed during the cutting operation. The cutting tooth is formed on the cutting tool including a rearwardly angled inner relief surface against which the material being cut is impacted. A secondary surface intersects the inner relief surface and extends forwardly of the point of intersection at an angle relative to the direction of cut that is oppositely directed but generally equal to the inner relief surface. The force of the material being cut that is deflected onto the secondary surface is outwardly directed and counterbalances the inwardly directed force imparted onto the inner relief surface.

Cutting tool with improved depth control

A cutting tool having cutting teeth. The cutting teeth are formed on one end of inserts that are seated in slots provided in the body of the tool with the cutting teeth projected outwardly of the slots. The inserts are produced from a resilient material that is preset in a bowed configuration with the slots having substantially straight side walls. A relief opening is provided in the bottoms of the slots and the seated inserts are forced into an open, substantially straight position with a tail section that curls into the relief opening. Flanges provided on the inserts overlap the edges of one side wall of the slots to resist lateral displacement.

Cutting tool with cutting tooth insert

The specification discloses a chain saw having a saw bar which is fastened to the frame of the chain saw so that most of the saw bar is outward of the chain saw frame (referred to as the forward portion), which portion is exposed for effective cutting, but with a lever portion rearward of the frame and the drive sprocket of the chain saw for improved mounting and adjustment. The saw bar forms a part of a cassette which also includes a drive sprocket trapped in the saw bar and a saw chain extending around the sprocket and the forward portion of the saw bar. A cover has clamping bosses clamping the saw bar to the frame, and an adjustment screw engaging the rearward end of the saw bar is mounted on the frame at the rear thereof so that it is readily accessible.

Chain saw

The specification discloses a motor housing, with a handle of the circular saw type, and a cantilever saw bar carrying a saw chain is secured to the housing in a position extending downwardly from a guide foot of the housing. A retractable guard bar normally is held in a position holding a guard loop around the nose end of the saw bar, the guard bar being positioned at the rear of the saw bar. The guard bar is mounted slidably on the motor housing, and, when a latch is manually released, the guard loop may be pushed up along the saw during a boring (nose cutting) operation. In an alternate embodiment, a foot attachable to a foot of a circular saw motor carries a saw bar and a guard bar with a guard loop surrounding the nose end of the saw bar.

Portable saw

An elongated cone like member having a pointed end and a relatively large blunt end with the intermediate portion flaring outwardly from the pointed end to the blunt end, and serrations formed in the member adjacent the pointed end. The pointed end of the member is plunged into the end of a short length log and the blunt end is struck by a driving maul. The serrations prevent the member from bouncing back out of the wood and the multi-directional flaring of the intermediate portion applies splitting pressure radially in a symmetrical pattern from the point as the member is driven into the wood to thereby split the log where it is weakest.

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Lake Oswego, OR, United States of America

Lewis A Scott