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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2009
Bradley Holmes, Chicago, IL (US);
Jaime Moreno, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Bradley Holmes, Chicago, IL (US);
Jaime Moreno, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE (US);
Abstract
A table saw in one embodiment includes a swing arm assembly movable along a swing path between a first swing arm position whereat a portion of a shaping device supported by the swing arm assembly extends above a work-piece support surface and a second swing arm position, a first link arm with a first tracking component and a first slot, the first tracking component slidingly engaged with the swing arm assembly, a second link arm with a second tracking component engaged with the first slot, an actuator configured to pivot the second link arm from a first position whereat force from the first link arm acting on the tracking component is directed at a second link arm pivot toward a second position whereat the force is not directed at the second link arm pivot, and a control system configured to actuate the actuator in response to a sensed condition.