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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2000
Mark Mingjun Xie, Tipp City, OH (US);
Premark FEG L.L.C., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
An idler pulley wheel arrangement for a bandsaw includes a non-rotating idler shaft and an idler pulley wheel assembly positioned on the shaft for rotation relative thereto. A latch mechanism is positioned on an end of the shaft and includes a latch part connected to the end of the shaft for movement between a first position defining a latching state of the mechanism in which a portion of the latch part extends beyond an outer surface of the shaft and a second position defining a non-latching state of the mechanism in which the latch part is positioned entirely within or in substantial alignment with the outer surface of the shaft. The latch mechanism also includes a catch positioned on the end of the shaft for holding the latch part in the non-latching state such that the idler pulley wheel assembly can be slid off the end of the shaft when the latch mechanism is in the non-latching state.