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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2016
Black & Decker Inc., New Britain, CT (US);
Warren A. Ceroll, Owings Mills, MD (US);
Danielle J. Barker, Baltimore, MD (US);
James D. Schroeder, Dallastown, PA (US);
Stephanie A. Billingsley, Seven Valleys, PA (US);
John C. Wenig, Bel Air, MD (US);
Dennis A. Bush, Dillsburg, PA (US);
Daniel Fitzgerald, Parkville, MD (US);
Thomas J. Bodine, Glenwood, MD (US);
Robert A. Usselman, Forest Hill, MD (US);
Eric J. Samuelsen, Stewartstown, PA (US);
Black & Decker Inc., New Britain, CT (US);
Abstract
A chop saw includes a base assembly and a saw assembly pivotally attached to the base assembly. The base assembly has a workpiece-supporting plane. The saw assembly has a blade and a motor driving the blade. A hinged connection between the base assembly and a saw assembly allows a user to rotate the saw assembly from a position where the plane of the blade extends through the workpiece-supporting plane to a position where the plane of the blade does not extend through the workpiece-supporting plane. In such position, the plane of blade may be substantially parallel to the workpiece-supporting plane. A switch or sensor may detect when the saw assembly is in the pivoted position so that the motor cannot be activated in such position.