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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2005
Gregg L. Sheddy, Shewsbury, PA (US);
James D. Schroeder, Dallastown, PA (US);
Peter Chaikowsky, Bel Air, MD (US);
Darren B. Moss, Cockeysville, MD (US);
Warren A. Ceroll, Owings Mills, MD (US);
Stuart J. Wright, Timonium, MD (US);
William D. Spencer, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Jiangang Zhao, Baltimore, MD (US);
William S. Taylor, Glen Rock, PA (US);
Frank A. Mannarino, Baltimore, MD (US);
Gregg L. Sheddy, Shewsbury, PA (US);
James D. Schroeder, Dallastown, PA (US);
Peter Chaikowsky, Bel Air, MD (US);
Darren B. Moss, Cockeysville, MD (US);
Warren A. Ceroll, Owings Mills, MD (US);
Stuart J. Wright, Timonium, MD (US);
William D. Spencer, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Jiangang Zhao, Baltimore, MD (US);
William S. Taylor, Glen Rock, PA (US);
Frank A. Mannarino, Baltimore, MD (US);
Black & Decker Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Abstract
A tile saw includes a base, a frame, adjacent first and second rails disposed on the frame, and a table slidingly disposed on the first rail. The table has a bottom surface and an upper surface for supporting a workpiece. The second rail a bottom surface and an upper surface that faces the bottom surface of the table. First and second bearings are disposed on a first shaft connected to the table. The first bearing is disposed on the first rail, and the second bearing is disposed on the bottom surface of the second rail. The frame includes a support assembly and a saw assembly with a motor and cutting wheel. The motor and cutting wheel are supported by an arm so that the cutting wheel hangs above the upper surface of the table. The first rail and the second rail are positioned on one side of the cutting wheel.