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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 04, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ronald C McCurry, West Union, SC (US);
James B Watson, Conyers, GA (US);
Ernest Chandler Bostic, Easley, SC (US);
Assignee:
Ryobi North America, Inc., Anderson, SC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
30391 ; 83520 ;
Abstract
A hand held circular saw for a portable circular saw 10 in which a viewing cutout 34 is provided through the housing 12 between an electric motor 14 and a blade guard support member 19. A transparent chip shield 32 is attached to the housing 12 and is pivotable between an operating position covering the viewing aperture and a raised cleaning position. In the preferred embodiment, notch engaging bosses 48 provided on the chip shield engage notches 50 in the housing 12 to snap lock the chip shield in the operating position.