Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.

Shinji Ihara

Makoto Miyata

Hiromi Kakumoto

Yoji Iguchi

Toshio Tanabe

Juzaemon Iwasaki

Hiroyuki Ando

A portable electric circular saw with a tiltable base plate is disclosed herein. The circular saw comprises a housing for accommodating an electric motor, a circular saw blade operatively connected to the motor to be driven thereby, a safety guard connected to the housing for enclosing the portion of the saw blade, the base plate upon which the above parts are mounted and which is adapted to engage upon the surface of a workpiece to be sawed, and a bracket for attaching the base plate to the housing. One end portion of the bracket is secured to the housing and the opposite end thereof is pivotally connected to the base plate such that the base plate can pivot about an axis within the plane of the saw blade for adjustment of the angle of the cut. The base plate joins the bracket by fastening means at the portion intermediate the ends of the bracket after the base plate is set at a desired angle with respect to the saw blade. Thus the base plate is linked through the bracket to the housing itself and is not required to be connected to the safety guard, which eliminates the necessity of giving a greater strength to the safety guard enough to be securely connected at its front end to the base plate. Accordingly, the safety guard can be made of lightweight material free from the strength requirement such that the overall weight of the circular saw can be reduced so as to be easily manipulated.

Portable electric circular saw

A portable electric circular saw which operates on a rechargeable battery is disclosed. The circular saw comprises a housing for accommodating a motor driving a circular saw blade operatively connected thereto, the rechargeable battery supplying electricity to the motor, and a handle projecting atop the housing, the motor having an output shaft arranged transversely of the housing and connected to a drive spindle carrying the saw blade and arranged in parallel relationship with the output shaft. The motor and the battery are disposed within the housing, to be arranged along the cutting direction of the saw blade, so as to properly distribute the weight of the saw in the longitudinal direction, which is the cutting direction of the saw blade. The handle is of generally U-shaped configuration, having an elongated top grip and legs at opposed ends, which join the top of the housing at respective portions upwardly of the motor and the battery, with the top grip extended longitudinally along the cutting direction of the saw blade, such as to provide a properly balanced saw structure, which effectuates easy hand operation to advance the saw.

Battery powered portable saw

An electric shaver with a trimmer is disclosed in which a single flexible seal is used to protect the motor and electric parts from water and other material entering through the perforated comb or the trimmer.

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Hikone, Japan

Shinji Ihara