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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2009
Ravinder Voruganti, Lake Barrington, IL (US);
Ralph Dammertz, Palatine, IL (US);
Thomas Siwek, North Aurora, IL (US);
Srinath Srinivas, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Daniel J. Williams, Chicago, IL (US);
Stephen M. Oshgan, Des Plaines, IL (US);
Ravinder Voruganti, Lake Barrington, IL (US);
Ralph Dammertz, Palatine, IL (US);
Thomas Siwek, North Aurora, IL (US);
Srinath Srinivas, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Daniel J. Williams, Chicago, IL (US);
Stephen M. Oshgan, Des Plaines, IL (US);
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A power tool in one embodiment is a table saw which includes a latch hold mechanism, a swing arm movable along a swing arm path between a first position adjacent the latch hold mechanism and a second position spaced apart from the latch hold mechanism, a latch movable between a first position whereat the swing arm is maintained at the first position and a second position whereat the swing arm is not maintained at the first position, an actuating device configured to transfer a force to the swing arm when the swing arm is maintained at the first position, and a control system configured to control the actuating device to transfer a force to the swing arm when the swing arm is maintained at the first position sufficient to move the latch from the first position to the second position.