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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2002
Filed:
May. 16, 2001
Masaki Kondo, Anjo, JP;
Hideyuki Nakadachi, Toyohashi, JP;
Makita Corporation, Anjo, JP;
Abstract
A chain saw ( ) includes a guide bar ( ) supporting a chain ( ) and attached to a main body ( ). Disposed within the body is an anchor bolt ( ) for securing the guide bar to the main body. Disposed within a sprocket cover ( ) is a hexagonal nut ( ) screwed onto the anchor bolt. Furthermore, provided coaxially with the hexagonal nut is a cylindrical element ( ) having a hexagonal cavity ( ) that engages the hexagonal nut and is axially movable and rotatable about the same axis as the hexagonal nut. Also provided is a lever ( ) disposed at the outer end of the cylindrical element. Provided within the sprocket cover are an adjustment pin ( ) engaging the guide bar, a screw stock ( ) onto which the adjustment pin is threaded and which extends in the axial direction of the guide bar, a first helical gear ( ) disposed at one end of the screw stock, and a second helical gear ( ) meshing with the first helical gear. Further provided is a rotating element ( ) coaxial with the second helical gear. Rotation of the lever and thus the rotating element from the exterior of the saw causes rotation of the second helical gear.